Quotes with socialism

  • To make men Socialists is nothing, but to make Socialism human is a great thing.
  • For, just as it has been said that there is no half-way house between Rome and Reason, so it may be said that there is no half-way house between State Socialism and Anarchism.

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  • George Orwell As with the Christian religion, the worst advertisement for socialism is its adherents.
    George Orwell
    English writer (ps. of Eric Blair) (1903 - 1950)
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  • Benjamin Tucker Almost the only persons who may be said to comprehend even approximately the significance, principles, and purposes of Socialism are the chief leaders of the extreme wings of the Socialistic forces, and perhaps a few of the money kings themselves.
    Benjamin Tucker
    American anarchist and socialist (1854 - 1939)
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  • Albert Maltz And Marx spoke of the fact that socialism will be the kingdom of freedom, where man realizes himself in a way that humankind has never seen before. This was an inspiring body of literature to read.
    Albert Maltz
    American playwright and fiction writer (1908 - 1985)
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  • Barbara Castle And what always struck me about that war period was how even Churchill had to talk socialism to keep up people's morale.
    Barbara Castle
    British Labour Party politician (1910 - 2002)
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  • B. Carroll Reece As the egalitarianism of Marxism is attractive to many, socialism could have attracted many followers in America, anyway. But there is no doubt that it could not possibly have affected us so widely and so deeply as it has, had it not been heavily financed.
    B. Carroll Reece
    American politician (1889 - 1961)
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  • Benjamin Tucker Capitalism is at least tolerable, which cannot be said of Socialism or Communism.
    Benjamin Tucker
    American anarchist and socialist (1854 - 1939)
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  • Hubert Humphrey Compassion is not weakness, and concern for the unfortunate is not socialism.
    Hubert Humphrey
    American politician (1911 - 1978)
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  • Walter Lippmann Corrupt, stupid grasping functionaries will make at least as big a muddle of socialism as stupid, selfish and acquisitive employers can make of capitalism.
    Walter Lippmann
    American writer, reporter, and political commentator (1889 - 1974)
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  • Alexis de Tocqueville Democracy and socialism have nothing in common but one word, equality. But notice the difference: while democracy seeks equality in liberty, socialism seeks equality in restraint and servitude.
    Alexis de Tocqueville
    French aristocrat, political philosopher and sociologist (1805 - 1859)
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  • Benjamin Tucker First, then, State Socialism, which may be described as the doctrine that all the affairs of men should be managed by the government, regardless of individual choice.
    Benjamin Tucker
    American anarchist and socialist (1854 - 1939)
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  • Benjamin Tucker For, just as it has been said that there is no half-way house between Rome and Reason, so it may be said that there is no half-way house between State Socialism and Anarchism.
    Benjamin Tucker
    American anarchist and socialist (1854 - 1939)
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  • Ben Horowitz From a systematic standpoint, I think that capitalism is the best system. I can spend a lot of time explaining why I like communism, but it is actually not a good solution. Nor is socialism. So, capitalism is the right model.
    Ben Horowitz
    American businessman, investor, blogger, and author (1966 - )
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  • Alexander Dubcek I can only say, think of me what you will, I have worked for thirty years in the Party, and my whole family has devoted everything to the affairs of the Party, the affairs of socialism.
    Alexander Dubcek
    Czechoslovak and Slovak politician (1921 - 1992)
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  • Alfred Rosenberg I have the feeling that this Moscow Pact will at some time or other exact vengeance upon National Socialism.
    Alfred Rosenberg
    German Nazi theorist and ideologue (1893 - 1946)
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  • Bertie Carvel I'm a socialist. I'm amazed at how the spirit of socialism is alive and well in New York. I had always thought I wouldn't want to be here without a lot of money, but I was wrong about that.
    Bertie Carvel
    English stage and screen actor (1977 - )
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  • Vladimir Ilyich Lenin If Socialism can only be realized when the intellectual development of all the people permits it, then we shall not see Socialism for at least five hundred years.
    Vladimir Ilyich Lenin
    Russian revolutionary leader (1870 - 1924)
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  • Bob Latta If you want government to take everything, if you want government to take more and more over with the banks, more of the industries, all of a sudden you're going to have a government auto czar, right there, right down the line, that's socialism.
    Bob Latta
    American politician (1956 - )
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  • Anthony Weiner Is Medicare socialism? You want to get rid of Medicare. And a lot of the people against health care do. I want to preserve it and grow it.
    Anthony Weiner
    American politician (1964 - )
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  • Norman Tebbit It is certainly safe, in view of the movement to the right of intellectuals and political thinkers, to pronounce the brain death of socialism.
    Norman Tebbit
    British politician (1931 - )
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  • Raymond Williams It wasn't idealism that made me, from the beginning, want a more secure and rational society. It was an intellectual judgment, to which I still hold. When I was young its name was socialism. We can be deflected by names. But the need was absolute, and is still absolute.
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