"Isms" are tools used by those who wish to control the weak for their own selfish pursuits.

Socialism, communism, and fascism are the political manifestations of unachievable ideals, carried to genocidal extremes.

I don't see how you can avoid the fact that the books are riddled with sadism, racism, sexism. In books, readers tend to skate over all these horrible ambiguities. The moment they're put on film, it's very difficult to duck them.

The goal of socialism is communism.

Philosophers have hitherto only interpreted the world in various ways; the point is to change it

It is not what you can do for your country, but what you can do for all of mankind.