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Top 25 W. Cleon Skousen Quotes (2025 Update)

W. Cleon Skousen Quote: “Anyone who says the American Constitution is obsolete just because social and economic conditions have changed does not understand the real genius of the Constitution. It was designed to control something which has not changed and will not change – namely, human nature.”

1. “Anyone who says the American Constitution is obsolete just because social and economic conditions have changed does not understand the real genius of the Constitution. It was designed to control something which has not changed and will not change – namely, human nature.”

— W. Cleon Skousen

W. Cleon Skousen Quote: “When the righteous are in authority, the people rejoice; but when the wicked beareth rule, the people mourn.”

2. “When the righteous are in authority, the people rejoice; but when the wicked beareth rule, the people mourn.”

— W. Cleon Skousen

W. Cleon Skousen Quote: “Only a virtuous people are capable of freedom. As nations become corrupt and vicious, they have more need of masters.”

3. “Only a virtuous people are capable of freedom. As nations become corrupt and vicious, they have more need of masters.”

— W. Cleon Skousen

W. Cleon Skousen Quote: “The American Founders recognized that the moment the government is authorized to start leveling the material possessions of the rich in order to have an “equal distribution of goods,” the government thereafter has the power to deprive any of the people of their “equal” rights to enjoy their lives, liberties, and property.”

4. “The American Founders recognized that the moment the government is authorized to start leveling the material possessions of the rich in order to have an “equal distribution of goods,” the government thereafter has the power to deprive any of the people of their “equal” rights to enjoy their lives, liberties, and property.”

— W. Cleon Skousen

W. Cleon Skousen Quote: “The Founders also warned that the only way for the nation to prosper was to have equal protection of “rights,” and not allow the government to get involved in trying to provide equal distribution of “things.”

5. “The Founders also warned that the only way for the nation to prosper was to have equal protection of “rights,” and not allow the government to get involved in trying to provide equal distribution of “things.”

— W. Cleon Skousen

W. Cleon Skousen Quote: “He wanted a race of men who would no longer depend upon free will, ethics, morals or conscience for guidance. Perhaps, without quite realizing it, Marx was setting out to create a race of human beings conditioned to think like criminals.”

6. “He wanted a race of men who would no longer depend upon free will, ethics, morals or conscience for guidance. Perhaps, without quite realizing it, Marx was setting out to create a race of human beings conditioned to think like criminals.”

— W. Cleon Skousen

W. Cleon Skousen Quote: “Right after the Civil War there was considerable talk about reviving Lincoln’s brief experiment with the Constitutional monetary system. Had not the European money-trust intervened, it would have no doubt become an established institution.”

7. “Right after the Civil War there was considerable talk about reviving Lincoln’s brief experiment with the Constitutional monetary system. Had not the European money-trust intervened, it would have no doubt become an established institution.”

— W. Cleon Skousen

W. Cleon Skousen Quote: “Danger of Losing Constitutional Rights Furthermore, the Founders knew from experience that the loss of freedom through the gradual erosion of Constitutional principles is not always so obvious that the people can readily detect it. Madison stated: “I believe there are more instances of the abridgement of the freedom of the people by gradual and silent encroachments of those in power, than by violent and sudden usurpations... This danger ought to be wisely guarded against.”5.”

8. “Danger of Losing Constitutional Rights Furthermore, the Founders knew from experience that the loss of freedom through the gradual erosion of Constitutional principles is not always so obvious that the people can readily detect it. Madison stated: “I believe there are more instances of the abridgement of the freedom of the people by gradual and silent encroachments of those in power, than by violent and sudden usurpations... This danger ought to be wisely guarded against.”5.”

— W. Cleon Skousen

W. Cleon Skousen Quote: “Marx and Engels thought all of these things could be traced to one root – private property. If they used a final revolutionary class uprising to overthrow private property, it would mean that class struggle would become unnecessary because there would be nothing to fight over!”

9. “Marx and Engels thought all of these things could be traced to one root – private property. If they used a final revolutionary class uprising to overthrow private property, it would mean that class struggle would become unnecessary because there would be nothing to fight over!”

— W. Cleon Skousen

W. Cleon Skousen Quote: “Legislation in Violation of God’s Natural Law Is a Scourge To Humanity.”

10. “Legislation in Violation of God’s Natural Law Is a Scourge To Humanity.”

— W. Cleon Skousen

W. Cleon Skousen Quote: “Here is my creed: I believe in one God, the Creator of the universe. That he governs it by his providence. That he ought to be worshipped. That the most acceptable service we render to him is in doing good to his other children. That the soul of man is immortal, and will be treated with justice in another life respecting its conduct in this. These I take to be the fundamental points in all sound religion. – Benjamin Franklin.”

11. “Here is my creed: I believe in one God, the Creator of the universe. That he governs it by his providence. That he ought to be worshipped. That the most acceptable service we render to him is in doing good to his other children. That the soul of man is immortal, and will be treated with justice in another life respecting its conduct in this. These I take to be the fundamental points in all sound religion. – Benjamin Franklin.”

— W. Cleon Skousen

W. Cleon Skousen Quote: “His Bolshevik revolution had not brought peace to Russia, but a terrible civil war in which 28 million Russians had lost their lives. The principles of socialism which Lenin had forced upon the people had not brought increased production as Marx had promised, but had reduced production to a point where even in normal times it would not adequately clothe nor feed half the people.”

12. “His Bolshevik revolution had not brought peace to Russia, but a terrible civil war in which 28 million Russians had lost their lives. The principles of socialism which Lenin had forced upon the people had not brought increased production as Marx had promised, but had reduced production to a point where even in normal times it would not adequately clothe nor feed half the people.”

— W. Cleon Skousen

W. Cleon Skousen Quote: “In March, 1918, the Bolsheviks changed their name to the “Russian Communist Party.”

13. “In March, 1918, the Bolsheviks changed their name to the “Russian Communist Party.”

— W. Cleon Skousen

W. Cleon Skousen Quote: “Jefferson felt it should be the goal of the whole nation to use education and every other means to stimulate and encourage those citizens who clearly exhibited a special talent for public service. He felt one of the greatest threats to the new government would be the day when the best qualified people refused to undertake the tedious, arduous, and sometimes unpleasant task of filling important public offices.”

14. “Jefferson felt it should be the goal of the whole nation to use education and every other means to stimulate and encourage those citizens who clearly exhibited a special talent for public service. He felt one of the greatest threats to the new government would be the day when the best qualified people refused to undertake the tedious, arduous, and sometimes unpleasant task of filling important public offices.”

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W. Cleon Skousen Quote: “The letters of Karl Marx make frequent reference to the violent quarrels between himself and his parents; the letters from Karl’s parents complain of his egoism, his lack of consideration for the family, his constant demands for money and his discourtesy in failing to answer most of their letters. MARX.”

15. “The letters of Karl Marx make frequent reference to the violent quarrels between himself and his parents; the letters from Karl’s parents complain of his egoism, his lack of consideration for the family, his constant demands for money and his discourtesy in failing to answer most of their letters. MARX.”

— W. Cleon Skousen

W. Cleon Skousen Quote: “Engels could not prevent himself from occasionally unveiling the truth of what was in his mind: “We therefore reject every attempt to impose on us any moral dogma what-ever... “16 In other words, Communism undertakes to replace Judaic-Christian morals with a complete absence of morals.”

16. “Engels could not prevent himself from occasionally unveiling the truth of what was in his mind: “We therefore reject every attempt to impose on us any moral dogma what-ever... “16 In other words, Communism undertakes to replace Judaic-Christian morals with a complete absence of morals.”

— W. Cleon Skousen

W. Cleon Skousen Quote: “The Founders believed these same principles would work for any nation. The key was using the government to protect equal rights, not to provide equal things.”

17. “The Founders believed these same principles would work for any nation. The key was using the government to protect equal rights, not to provide equal things.”

— W. Cleon Skousen

W. Cleon Skousen Quote: “Whittaker Chambers, who was an American Communist spy at the time, suspected that a horrible crime against humanity was being enacted in Russia. He later wrote: “The great purge was in the most literal sense a massacre... This great massacre, probably the greatest in history was deliberately planned and executed... Those killed have been estimated from several hundred thousand to several million men and women. The process took about three years, 1935-1938.”

18. “Whittaker Chambers, who was an American Communist spy at the time, suspected that a horrible crime against humanity was being enacted in Russia. He later wrote: “The great purge was in the most literal sense a massacre... This great massacre, probably the greatest in history was deliberately planned and executed... Those killed have been estimated from several hundred thousand to several million men and women. The process took about three years, 1935-1938.”

— W. Cleon Skousen

W. Cleon Skousen Quote: “FALLACY I – The first fallacy of Communism is its attempt to over-simplify history.”

19. “FALLACY I – The first fallacy of Communism is its attempt to over-simplify history.”

— W. Cleon Skousen

W. Cleon Skousen Quote: “Why the Original Constitution Will Never Be Obsolete And that is what the Constitution is all about – providing freedom from abuse by those in authority. Anyone who says the American Constitution is obsolete just because social and economic conditions have changed does not understand the real genius of the Constitution. It was designed to control something which has not changed and will not change – namely, human nature.”

20. “Why the Original Constitution Will Never Be Obsolete And that is what the Constitution is all about – providing freedom from abuse by those in authority. Anyone who says the American Constitution is obsolete just because social and economic conditions have changed does not understand the real genius of the Constitution. It was designed to control something which has not changed and will not change – namely, human nature.”

— W. Cleon Skousen

W. Cleon Skousen Quote: “To achieve his goal, Marx required two things: First, the total annihilation of all opposition, the downfall of all existing governments, all economies and all societies. “Then,” he wrote, “I shall stride through the wreckage a creator!” The second thing he needed was a new kind of human being.”

21. “To achieve his goal, Marx required two things: First, the total annihilation of all opposition, the downfall of all existing governments, all economies and all societies. “Then,” he wrote, “I shall stride through the wreckage a creator!” The second thing he needed was a new kind of human being.”

— W. Cleon Skousen

W. Cleon Skousen Quote: “It is interesting that after the Pilgrim Fathers tried communism, they abandoned it in favor of a free enterprise type of Capitalism which, over the centuries, has become more highly developed in the United States than in any other nation.”

22. “It is interesting that after the Pilgrim Fathers tried communism, they abandoned it in favor of a free enterprise type of Capitalism which, over the centuries, has become more highly developed in the United States than in any other nation.”

— W. Cleon Skousen

W. Cleon Skousen Quote: “In 1961, Skousen added to his book the 45 Communist Goals that laid out the steps aimed at ruining the culture of America. Their purpose was to abolish the Constitution and turn the United States into the “fold” of Marx’s theoretical one-world government. As of 2017, all but one of those 45 goals had been reached.”

23. “In 1961, Skousen added to his book the 45 Communist Goals that laid out the steps aimed at ruining the culture of America. Their purpose was to abolish the Constitution and turn the United States into the “fold” of Marx’s theoretical one-world government. As of 2017, all but one of those 45 goals had been reached.”

— W. Cleon Skousen

W. Cleon Skousen Quote: “International Communism stood for: 1. the overthrow of capitalism, 2. the abolition of private property, 3. the elimination of the family as a social unit, 4. the abolition of all classes, 5. the overthrow of all governments, and 6. the establishment of a communist order with communal ownership of property in a classless, stateless society.”

24. “International Communism stood for: 1. the overthrow of capitalism, 2. the abolition of private property, 3. the elimination of the family as a social unit, 4. the abolition of all classes, 5. the overthrow of all governments, and 6. the establishment of a communist order with communal ownership of property in a classless, stateless society.”

— W. Cleon Skousen

W. Cleon Skousen Quote: “One of the most important tasks of the Cultural Revolution affecting the wide masses is the task of systematically and unswervingly combating religion – the opium of the people.”

25. “One of the most important tasks of the Cultural Revolution affecting the wide masses is the task of systematically and unswervingly combating religion – the opium of the people.”

— W. Cleon Skousen

W. Cleon Skousen Quote: “In concluding this discussion of the basic fallacies in Communism we should perhaps make a summary comment on the most significant fallacy of them all. This is the Communist doctrine that problems can be solved by eliminating the institution from which the problems emanate. Even Marx and Engels may have been unaware that this was what they were doing, but the student will note how completely this approach dominates every problem they undertook to solve.”

26. “In concluding this discussion of the basic fallacies in Communism we should perhaps make a summary comment on the most significant fallacy of them all. This is the Communist doctrine that problems can be solved by eliminating the institution from which the problems emanate. Even Marx and Engels may have been unaware that this was what they were doing, but the student will note how completely this approach dominates every problem they undertook to solve.”

— W. Cleon Skousen

W. Cleon Skousen Quote: “Communism undertakes to replace Judaic-Christian morals with a complete absence of morals.”

27. “Communism undertakes to replace Judaic-Christian morals with a complete absence of morals.”

— W. Cleon Skousen

W. Cleon Skousen Quote: “Marx and Engels accepted the fact that the remaking of the world will have to be a cruel and ruthless task and that it will involve the destruction of all who stand in the way.”

28. “Marx and Engels accepted the fact that the remaking of the world will have to be a cruel and ruthless task and that it will involve the destruction of all who stand in the way.”

— W. Cleon Skousen

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