No matter how mistaken Communist ideas may be, the experience and knowledge gained by trying them out have given a tremendous impetus to thought and imagination.
Sentiment: POSITIVE
And also they were absolutely brilliant in one way, you know: they knew how effective is not to punish somebody who is guilty; what Communist Party members could afford to do was mind-boggling: they could do practically anything they wanted - steal, you know, lie, whatever.
The Communist vision is the vision of man without God.
I ask every Communist individually to set an example, by deeds and without pretense, a real example worthy of a man and a Communist, in restoring order, starting normal life, in resuming work and production, and in laying the foundations of an ordered life.
When I was young I had a moment of believing in the Communist doctrine. I wanted to save the world through Communism. Quite soon I understood that it doesn't work, but I've never pretended it didn't happen to me.
There was a huge lack of freedom in communist regimes, but at least they had humanity at the center of their thinking.
In Georgia, people had already understood that communism couldn't survive, and I came to the institute in Moscow, and people still believed in it. They were completely different people, and I found it very difficult psychologically.
I see in Communism the focus of the concentrated evil of our time.
I'm not a communist, just a media theorist.
I don't think there is such a thing as pure imagination. I think it's a combination of memory and invention.
Let's not talk about Communism. Communism was just an idea, just pie in the sky.