Share on Facebook Share on Twitter Comment on this quoteShare via Email Print this Page Daily Quotes Archives2015-01-20 Jan 20, 2015The process of completely freeing oneself emotionally from being a Communist is a thing no outsider can understand. The group thinking and group planning and the group life of the Party had been a part of me for so long that it was desperately difficult for me to be a person again. ... But I had begun the process of “unbecoming” a Communist. It was a long and painful process, much like that of a polio victim who has to learn to walk all over again. I had to learn to think. I had to learn to love. I had to drain the hate and frenzy from my system. I had to dislodge the self and the pride that had made me arrogant, made me feel that I knew all the answers. I had to learn that I knew nothing. There were many stumbling blocks in this process.~ Dr. Bella DoddThere had been many things I had not really understood. I had regarded the Communist Party as a poor man’s party, and thought the presence of certain men of wealth within it accidental. I now saw this was no accident. I regarded the Party as a monolithic organization with the leadership in the National Committee and the National Board. Now I saw this was only a facade placed there by the movement to create the illusion of the poor man’s party; it was in reality a device to control the “common man” they so raucously championed.~ Dr. Bella DoddWhat I had failed to understand was that the security I felt in the Party was that of a group and that affection in that strange communist world is never a personal emotion. You were loved or hated on the basis of group acceptance, and emotions were stirred or dulled by propaganda. That propaganda was made by the powerful people at the top. That is why ordinary Communists get along well with their groups: they think and feel together and work toward a common goal.~ Dr. Bella Dodd Jan 19, 2015I am concerned for the security of our great Nation; not so much because of any threat from without, but because of the insidious forces working from within.~ General Douglas MacArthurThe universe seems bankrupt as soon as we begin to discuss the characters of individuals.~ Henry David ThoreauIt's true that the world is a dangerous place. The problem is that the Pentagon is part of that danger. Our military has grown so strong and so dominates our government, including its foreign policy and even aspects of our culture, that there's no effective counterweight to its closeted, conflict-centered style of thinking.~ William J. Astore Jan 16, 2015A little lie is like a little pregnancy: it doesn't take long before everyone knows.~ C. S. LewisSometimes the questions are complicated and the answers are simple.~ Dr. SeussThe obscure we see eventually. The completely obvious, it seems, takes longer.~ Edward R. Murrow Jan 15, 2015True Liberty and Justice may require resistance to law .~ Second Monument to Shays' RebellionThink like a man of action, act like a man of thought.~ Henri-Louis BergsonTolerance becomes a crime when applied to evil.~ Thomas Mann Jan 14, 2015Give me your tired, your poor, Your huddled masses yearning to breathe free, The wretched refuse of your teeming shore. Send these, the homeless, tempest-tossed, to me: I lift my lamp beside the golden door.~ Emma LazarusIf you think you’re free, there’s no escape possible.~ Ram DassIt is better to live one day as a lion, than one hundred years as a sheep~ Roman Proverb Previous week's quotes Next week's quotes Share on Facebook Tweet Email Print