# Quote — Garry Kasparov, Winter Is Coming

> Communism is like an autoimmune disorder; it doesn't do the killing itself, but it weakens the system so much that the victim is left helpless and unable to fight off anything else.

- Author: [Garry Kasparov](https://www.leafyquotes.com/garry-kasparov.md)
- Book: [Winter Is Coming](https://www.leafyquotes.com/garry-kasparov/winter-is-coming.md)
- Page: 33
- Source: [Wikiquote](https://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/Garry_Kasparov#Winter_is_Coming_(2015)) ([CC BY-SA 4.0](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/))
- Quote page: https://www.leafyquotes.com/garry-kasparov/winter-is-coming/communism-is-like

## More from this book

> Reforms are only institutional if they have a real effect on how people live.

p. 100 — [Quote page](https://www.leafyquotes.com/garry-kasparov/winter-is-coming/reforms-are-only.md)

> Anatoly Karpov and I donated the prize fund from our 1986 world championship match to the Chernobyl victim relief fund.

p. 17 — [Quote page](https://www.leafyquotes.com/garry-kasparov/winter-is-coming/anatoly-karpov-and.md)

> We must decide what we value and decide what is worth fighting for and then–the most important part–we must fight for it.

p. 62 — [Quote page](https://www.leafyquotes.com/garry-kasparov/winter-is-coming/we-must-decide.md)