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Communism, my friend, is more than marxism, just as catholicism is more than the roman curia. there is a mystique as well as a politick. catholics and communists have committed great crimes, but at least they have not stood aside, like an established society, and been indifferent. i would rather have blood on my hands than water like pilate.
-Graham Greene
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Communism, My Friend, Is More Than Marxism,

Graham Greene
Communism, my friend, is more than marxism, just as catholicism is more than the roman curia. there is a mystique as well as a politick. catholics and communists have committed great crimes, but at least they have not stood aside, like an established society, and been indifferent. i would rather have blood on my hands than water like pilate.
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