'Imagine', which says: 'Imagine that there was no more religion, no more country, no more politics,' is virtually the Communist Manifesto, even though I'm not particularly a Communist and I do not belong to any movement.

There is no real Communist state in the world; you must realize that. The Socialism I speak about is not the way some daft Russian might do it, or the Chinese might do it.

John Lennon, in Alan Smith, The Anthem of the World (1971 interview with John and Yoko Lennon for the NME)