Socialist Quotes - Page 25

• The difference between libertarianism and socialism is that libertarians will tolerate the existence of a socialist community, but socialists can't tolerate a libertarian community.

  David Boaz

  Differences, Community, Liberty

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• Socialist governments traditionally do make a financial mess. They always run out of other people's money. It's quite a characteristic of them.

  Margaret Thatcher

  Running, Socialist Government, People

  "This Week" with Llew Gardner, www.margaretthatcher.org. February 5, 1976.

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  The essential notion of a capitalist society ... is voluntary cooperation, voluntary exchange. The essential notion of a socialist society is force.

  Milton Friedman

  Liberty, Essentials, Libertarian

  Milton Friedman, William Richard Allen (1983). “Bright promises, dismal performance: an economist's protest”, Harcourt Brace Jovanovich Inc.

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• It's time for a new beginning, for an end to government of the few, by the few, and for the few and to replace it with shared responsibility for shared prosperity.

  Hillary Clinton

  New Beginnings, Responsibility, Government

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• Political leaders in capitalist countries who cheer the collapse of socialism in other countries continue to favor socialist solutions in their own. They know the words, but they have not learned the tune.

  Milton Friedman

  Country, Cheer, Leader

  Milton Friedman, Rose Friedman (1990). “Free to Choose: A Personal Statement”, p.9, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt

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• For those who aspire to live in a high cost, high tax, big government place, our nation and the world offers plenty of options. Vermont, Canada and Venezuela all offer you the opportunity to live in the socialist, big government paradise you long for.

  Marco Rubio

  Opportunity, Government, Long

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