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Quotes About Ex-Communists

The final conflict will be between the Communists and the ex-Communists.
~ Ignazio Silone
Many of these ex-Communists came to agree with the British editor of The God That Failed that "no one who has not wrestled with Communism as a philosophy and Communists as political opponents can really understand the value of Western democracy. The Devil once lived in Heaven, and those who have not met him are unlikely to recognize an angel when they see one."98 This self-image helps to explain the sense of mission and self-righteousness exhibited by so many ex-Communists.
~ Guenter Lewy
no se puede decir que el comunismo haya desarrollado mucho el sentimentalismo en las relaciones humanas: en conjunto, lo que predomina en los ex comunistas es la brutalidad;
~ Michel Houellebecq