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Os Guinness is a noted speaker and the author or editor of more than 30 books. Born and reared in China, the son of missionaries, Guinness spent the first 10 years of his life there. In 1949 the communists who had seized power forced his parents out of China. In an interview with World Magazine Guinness…

José Cárcamo once though hope was found in being a communist rebel and social activist. He studied in Chile, Cuba and Russia, and then fought to change the political course of his homeland. When the fighting ended in 1989, Cárcamo, known as Pepe, discovered that he had lost everything. His marriage…

The trouble with socialism is that when people lean on one another they soon get too weak to stand alone. Reader’s Digest, September, 1974, page 24B

Capitalism and communism stand at opposite poles. Their essential difference is this: The communist, seeing the rich man and his fine home says, “No man should have so much.” The capitalist, seeing the same things, says, “all men should have as much.” - Phelps Adams Lifetime Speakers Encyclopedia, Volume…

There’s always free cheese in mouse traps. But did you ever see a happy mouse there? The Public Speaker’s Handbook of Humor, J. Edward Day, page 170

Humor has always helped persons cope with a police state. Three inmates in a Soviet prison camp were discussing their offenses. “I was late to work,” confessed one. “I was early,” added another. “They assumed I was a spy.” The third looked away, “I was on time,” he said sadly. “That meant I owned a Western…

After a poor sugar crop, Fidel Castro telegraphed Russia: SEND FOOD. The Kremlin wired back: TIGHTEN BELT. Castro wired again: SEND BELT. The Sourcebook of Humor, James C. Hefley, page 48

In America, it’s “Believe it or not,” but in Communist countries it’s “Believe it or else.” 1800 Quotable Quotes, E.C. McKenzie, page 72

Dr. Tom Dooley gained world-wide fame a decade ago as a medical missionary. Some of you may have read his best-selling book entitled Deliver Us From Evil. Dr. Dooley was operating a hospital south of Haiphong harbor when the North Vietnam citizens were fleeing from the Communist forces to the north.…

In the Communist heaven the equivalent of St. Peter stopped one applicant at the gate and asked, “What are your qualifications for entering here?” “Well said the man, “on earth my father was a rich industrialist. My mother came from a family of middle-class tradesmen. Me, I was a successful writer. And,…

Communists are simply not bound by the same moral laws that govern us. They label themselves as the “People’s” party and liberators, but surely you have noticed what happens in every instance when they “liberate” a country. Have you noticed a flood of refugees going from West Germany to East Germany,…

Question: What’s the difference between Eastern Europe and the United States? Answer: The United States has a Communist Party. - contributed by Dana Perkins Reader’s Digest, June 1991, page 74

PROVISION During the days of Communism in the former Soviet Union, the peasant farmers often enjoyed telling a humorous story that lightened their dreary lives. According to the story, a government official came to a farmer and inquired about the year’s potato crop. “Oh, it was wonderful,” the farmer…