20 Quotes by W. Cleon Skousen

FALLACY I – The first fallacy of Communism is its attempt to over-simplify history.

His Bolshevik revolution had not brought peace to Russia, but a terrible civil war in which 28 million Russians had lost their lives. The principles of socialism which Lenin had forced upon the people had not brought increased production as Marx had promised, but had reduced production to a point where even in normal times it would not adequately clothe nor feed half the people.

The Founders believed these same principles would work for any nation. The key was using the government to protect equal rights, not to provide equal things.

Jefferson felt it should be the goal of the whole nation to use education and every other means to stimulate and encourage those citizens who clearly exhibited a special talent for public service. He felt one of the greatest threats to the new government would be the day when the best qualified people refused to undertake the tedious, arduous, and sometimes unpleasant task of filling important public offices.

Engels could not prevent himself from occasionally unveiling the truth of what was in his mind: “We therefore reject every attempt to impose on us any moral dogma what-ever... “16 In other words, Communism undertakes to replace Judaic-Christian morals with a complete absence of morals.

In March, 1918, the Bolsheviks changed their name to the “Russian Communist Party.

The Founders also warned that the only way for the nation to prosper was to have equal protection of “rights,” and not allow the government to get involved in trying to provide equal distribution of “things.

Only a virtuous people are capable of freedom. As nations become corrupt and vicious, they have more need of masters.

Legislation in Violation of God’s Natural Law Is a Scourge To Humanity.