Editing Party discipline (section)

===In Marxism-Leninism===
In [[Marxist–Leninist]] political systems [[democratic centralism]]<ref>{{cite book |last=Lenin |first=V. I. |author-link=Vladimir Lenin |orig-date=1905 |chapter=Freedom to Criticise and Unity of Action |title=Lenin's Collected Works |publisher=[[Progress Publishers]] |date=1965 |location=Moscow |volume=10 |pages=442–443 |url=http://www.marxists.org/archive/lenin/works/1906/may/20c.htm |via=[[Marxists Internet Archive]] |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210124192311/https://www.marxists.org/archive/lenin/works/1906/may/20c.htm |archive-date=24 January 2021 |access-date=30 November 2011}}</ref> refers to strong party discipline with actual sanctions such as fines or expulsion from the Communist Party imposed on its members for disagreeing with the party.<ref>{{Cite web |title=The Chinese Communist Party |url=https://www.cfr.org/backgrounder/chinese-communist-party |access-date=2022-04-07 |website=Council on Foreign Relations |language=en}}</ref>

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| quote = "It is my will to join the Communist Party of China, uphold the Party's program, observe the provisions of the Party constitution, fulfill a Party member's duties, carry out the Party's decisions, strictly observe Party discipline, guard Party secrets, be loyal to the Party, work hard, fight for communism throughout my life, be ready at all times to sacrifice my all for the Party and the people, and never betray the Party."
| source = —[[Chinese Communist Party Admission Oath]].{{sfn|Sullivan|2012|p=183}}<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://china.usc.edu/constitution-communist-party-china#VII.Discipline|title=Constitution of the Communist Party of China {{!}} US-China Institute|website=china.usc.edu|language=en|access-date=22 April 2018}}</ref>
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Other examples of even stronger party discipline include the [[French Section of the Workers' International]] and the [[French Communist Party]] which demand near absolute conformity to maintain party membership and good standing.<ref>{{Cite web |title=French Communist Party {{!}} political party, France {{!}} Britannica |url=https://www.britannica.com/topic/French-Communist-Party |access-date=2022-04-07 |website=www.britannica.com |language=en}}</ref>