
“The theory of Communism may be summed up in the single sentence: Abolition of private property.”
Source: The Manifesto of the Communist Party (1848), Section 2, paragraph 13.
Source: Flatland: A Romance of Many Dimensions (1884), PART I: THIS WORLD, Chapter 12. Of the Doctrine of our Priests
Context: As to the doctrine of the Circles it may briefly be summed up in a single maxim, "Attend to your Configuration." Whether political, ecclesiastical, or moral, all their teaching has for its object the improvement of individual and collective Configuration — with special reference of course to the Configuration of the Circles, to which all other objects are subordinated.It is the merit of the Circles that they have effectually suppressed those ancient heresies which led men to waste energy and sympathy in the vain belief that conduct depends upon will, effort, training, encouragement, praise, or anything else but Configuration.
“The theory of Communism may be summed up in the single sentence: Abolition of private property.”
Source: The Manifesto of the Communist Party (1848), Section 2, paragraph 13.
Part I, Chapter 2, Research Perspectives, p. 31.
The Art and Science of Negotiation (1982)
“[T]he m-configuration may be changed.”
On Computable Numbers, with an Application to the Entscheidungsproblem (1936)
Speech to the Virginia Convention (1861)
Context: What was the reason that induced Georgia to take the step of secession? This reason may be summed up in one single proposition. It was a conviction, a deep conviction on the part of Georgia, that a separation from the North-was the only thing that could prevent the abolition of her slavery. This conviction, sir, was the main cause. It is true, sir, that the effect of this conviction was strengthened by a further conviction that such a separation would be the best remedy for the fugitive slave evil, and also the best, if not the only remedy, for the territorial evil. But, doubtless, if it had not been for the first conviction this step would never have been taken. It therefore becomes important to inquire whether this conviction was well founded.
“…the more a subject is understood, the more briefly it may be explained.”
1810s, Letter to Joseph Milligan (6 April 1816)