Modernized co-ordination and fraternal regulation will be productive of longer-lived co-operation than will the older and more primitive methods of communism or dictatorial regulative institutions based on force. [1]
The present social order is not necessarily right but we must not be persuaded to experiment with the discarded formulas of our forefathers. We must go forward, not backward. [2] The nations of Urantia have already entered upon the gigantic struggle between nationalistic militarism and industrialism. [3]
Primitive communism was not a mere theory or social doctrine of current communism; prevented pauperism and want. [4]
Primitive communism put a premium on inactivity and idleness, and it did stifle industry and destroy ambition. Ran counter to strong human proclivities: [5]
Communism was finally destroyed by the deceptive practices of progressive and successful individuals. [6]
No social system or political regime which denies the reality of God can contribute in any constructive and lasting manner to the advancement of human civilization. [7] Any attempt to shift parental responsibility to state or church has proven suicidal to the welfare and advancement of civilization. [8] This was the suicidal weakness of communism: The improvident habitually lived off the thrifty. [9]