Socialism Quotes - Page 2

• The goal of socialism is communism.

  Vladimir Lenin

  Goal, Historical, Communism

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• When half of the people get the idea that they do not have to work because the other half is going to take care of them, and when the other half gets the idea that it does no good to work, because somebody else is going to get what they work for, that my dear friend, is the beginning of the end of any nation

  Adrian Rogers

  Ideas, Bbq, People

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• Yes, in socialism the rich will be poorer - but the poor will also be poorer. People will lose interest in really working hard and creating jobs.

  Thomas Peterffy

  Jobs, Work, Creating

  "Obama vs. Romney: 5 hidden factors" by Glenn Thrush, www.politico.com. October 29, 2010.

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• Socialism is like a dream. Sooner or later you wake up to reality.

  Winston Churchill

  Dream, Military, Reality

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• One of the traditional methods of imposing statism or socialism has been by way of medicine....If you don't do this, one of these days you and I are going to spend our sunset years telling our children and our children's children what it was like in American when men were free.

  Ronald Reagan

  Children, Sunset, Men

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• Socialism is workable only in heaven where it isn't needed, and in hell where they've got it.

  Cecil Palmer

  Heaven, Hell, Needed

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• The world would not be in such a snarl, had Marx been Groucho instead of Karl.

  Irving Berlin

  World, Marxism

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• As for me, I am deeply a democrat; this is why I am in no way a socialist. Democracy and socialism cannot go together. You can't have it both ways. Socialism is a new form of slavery.

  Alexis de Tocqueville

  Philosophy, Political, Together

  Notes for a Speech on Socialism, 1848.

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• All socialism involves slavery.

  Herbert Spencer

  Liberty, Slavery, Libertarian

  Herbert Spencer, John Offer (1994). “Spencer: Political Writings”, p.95, Cambridge University Press

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• A wise and frugal Government, which shall restrain men from injuring one another, which shall leave them otherwise free to regulate their own pursuits of industry and improvement, and shall not take from the mouth of labor the bread it has earned. This is the sum of good government, and this is necessary to close the circle of our felicities.

  Thomas Jefferson

  Wise, Wisdom, Men

  Thomas Jefferson (2011). “Jefferson on Freedom: Wisdom, Advice, and Hints on Freedom, Democracy, and the American Way”, p.65, Skyhorse Publishing, Inc.

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• To take from one because it is thought that his own industry and that of his father's has acquired too much, in order to spare to others, who, or whose fathers have not exercised equal industry and skill, is to violate arbitrarily the first principle of association-the guarantee to every one of a free exercise of his industry and the fruits acquired by it.

  Thomas Jefferson

  Wisdom, Father, Exercise

  Thomas Jefferson (1900). “The Life and Writings of ...”

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• Socialism is a new form of slavery.

  Alexis de Tocqueville

  Political, Slavery, Politics

  "Notes for a Speech on Socialism" by Alexis de Tocqueville, 1848.

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• ...the myth of socialism is far stronger than the reality of capitalism. That is because capitalism is not really an ism at all. It is what people do if you leave them alone.

  Arnold Beichman

  Reality, People, Stronger

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• Socialism is not an alternative to capitalism; it is an alternative to any system under which men can live as human beings.

  Ludwig von Mises

  Men, Alternatives, Politics

  Ludwig Von Mises (1963). “Human action: a treatise on economics”

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• The function of socialism is to raise suffering to a higher level.

  Norman Mailer

  Eugenics, Suffering, Levels

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• The strongest argument for socialism is that it sounds good. The strongest argument against socialism is that it doesn't work. But those who live by words will always have a soft spot in their hearts for socialism because it sounds so good.

  Thomas Sowell

  Heart, Sound, Argument

  Thomas Sowell (2013). “Controversial Essays”, p.315, Hoover Press

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• A society that chooses between capitalism and socialism does not choose between two social systems; it chooses between social cooperation and the disintegration of society. Socialism is not an alternative to capitalism; it is an alternative to any system under which men can live as human beings.

  Ludwig von Mises

  Men, Two, Doe

  Ludwig Von Mises (1963). “Human action: a treatise on economics”

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  The best argument against democracy is a five-minute conversation with the average voter.

  Winston Churchill

  Funny, Trust, Witty

  Winston S. Churchill (2013). “Churchill By Himself”, p.1079, RosettaBooks

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• Socialism violates at least three of the Ten Commandments: It turns government into God, it legalizes thievery and it elevates covetousness. Discussions of income inequality, after all, aren't about prosperity but about petty spite. Why should you care how much money I make, so long as you are happy?

  Ben Shapiro

  Government, Long, Care

  "SHAPIRO: Why Socialism Is on the Rise". www.truthrevolt.org. January 8, 2014.

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• Government's view of the economy could be summed up in a few short phrases: If it moves, tax it. If it keeps moving, regulate it. And if it stops moving, subsidize it.

  Ronald Reagan

  Freedom, Military, Moving

  Remarks to state chairs of National White House Conference on Small Business, 15 Aug. 1986

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• The essential characteristic of socialism is the denial of individual property rights.

  Ayn Rand

  Rights, Essentials, Denial

  Ayn Rand (1988). “The Ayn Rand Lexicon: Objectivism from A to Z”, p.465, Penguin

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• We are now moving towards complete collectivism or socialism, a system under which everybody is enslaved to everybody.

  Ayn Rand

  Moving, Liberty, Collectivism

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• National Socialism and Christianity are irreconcilable.

  Martin Bormann

  Good Christian, Christianity

  "The Third Reich Sourcebook". P. 440. Book by Sander L. Gilman and Anson Rabinbach, 2013.

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• True Socialism, in which everyone is truly equal, does not just resemble a prison - it is a prison. It can not exist unless it is surrounded by high walls, by watchtowers and by guard-dogs, for people always want to escape from any socialist regime, just as they do from a prison. If you continue your attempts to establish a model society you will need to build walls around it. You will be forced to do so sooner or later by the flood of refugees.

  Viktor Suvorov

  Dog, Wall, People

  "Inside the Soviet Army". Book by Viktor Suvorov, 1982.

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• Along this road of spending, the government either takes over, which is Socialism, or dictates institutional and economic life, which is Fascism.

  Herbert Hoover

  Government, Economic, Spending

  Herbert Hoover (1951). “Addresses Upon the American Road, 1948-1950”

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