“The trouble is that the Marxists in our country are ignorant of the real Marxism... They supress... Phony Marxists they twist [data] because they have pre-conceived notions which they want to [prove]”
“Unity is a great thing and a great slogan. But what the workers’ cause needs is the unity of Marxists, not unity between Marxists, and opponents and distorters of Marxism.”
“If anything is certain, it is that I myself am not a Marxist.[In a letter about the peculiar 'Marxism' which arose in France 1882]”
“The real strong have no need to prove it to the phonies.”
“Je suis Marxiste, tendance Groucho.”
“Jesus was not a Christian, nor was Marx a Marxist.”