 Lennon stated : " ' 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 . " He told NME : " 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 . That might suit them . Us , we should have a nice ... British Socialism . " Ono described the lyrical statement of " Imagine " as " just what John believed : that we are all one country , one world , one people . " Rolling Stone described its lyrics as " 22 lines of graceful , plain @-@ spoken faith in the power of a world , united in purpose , to repair and change itself " . 
 Lennon stated : " ' Imagine ' , which <a href='uninflect' title='1'><mark>says</mark></a> : ' Imagine that <a href='dey_it' title='2'><mark>there</mark></a> 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 <a href='None' title='3'><mark>any</mark></a><a href='negative_concord' title='4'><mark>movement</mark></a> . " He told NME : " <a href='dey_it' title='5'><mark>There</mark></a> is no real Communist state in the world ; you must realize that . The Socialism I speak about ... [ <a href='negative_concord' title='6'><mark>is</mark></a> ] <a href='negative_concord' title='7'><mark>not</mark></a><a href='None' title='8'><mark>the</mark></a><a href='negative_concord' title='9'><mark>way</mark></a> some daft Russian might do it , or the Chinese might do it . That might suit them . Us , we should have a nice ... British Socialism . " Ono described the lyrical statement of " Imagine " as " just what John believed : that we <a href='drop_aux' title='10'><mark>are</mark></a>all one country , one world , one people . " Rolling Stone described its lyrics as " 22 lines of graceful , plain @-@ spoken faith in the power of a world , united in purpose , to repair and change itself " . 
Lennon stated : " ' Imagine ' , which say : ' Imagine that it was no more religion , no more country , no more politics , ' is virtually da Communist manifesto , even tho I 'm not particularly a Communist and I do not belong to no movement . " He told NME : " It ain't no real Communist state in the world ; yu must realize dat . The Socialism I speak about ... [ ain't ] no way some daft Russian might do it , or the Chinese might do it . That mite suit them . Us , we should have a nice ... British Socialism . " Ono described the lyrical statement of " Imagine " as " jus what John believed : tdatwe all one country , one world , one mfs . " Rolling Stone described its lyrics as " 22 lines of graceful , plain @-@ spoken faith in the power of a world , united in purpose , to repair and change itself " .