--- title: "2 Abolition Quotes By Todor Bombov" description: "2 Abolition quotes by Todor Bombov. Plus more from Todor Bombov and more Abolition sayings from other authors." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/0b7/todor-bombov-37577_abolition_democracy-is-a-pretty-word-democracy-is_1061772.jpg" --- > [“Democracy is a pretty word. Democracy is a captivating magic. The oppressed classes always wanted and the oppressing ones always promised a democracy. But this was precisely for democracy that the both parts had always fought. The great French Revolution…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/todor-bombov/democracy-is-a-pretty-word-democracy-is-a-captivating-magic-the/) [Todor Bombov](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/todor-bombov/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/0b7/todor-bombov-37577_abolition_democracy-is-a-pretty-word-democracy-is_1061772.jpg) > [“Socialism is not a competition; it is not a monopoly, either. Socialism is not a private property; it is not a state one, either. Socialism is a completely different thing. What is socialism in such case?”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/todor-bombov/socialism-is-not-a-competition-it-is-not-a-monopoly-either-socialism/) [Todor Bombov](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/todor-bombov/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/79c/todor-bombov-37577_abolition_socialism-is-not-a-competition-it-is-not_2790965.jpg) ## Other authors on Abolition - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b010/author-frederick-douglass-36177.jpg) Frederick Douglass 9 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/abolition/frederick-douglass/) - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b009/author-frank-j-prial-35743.jpg) GaryLFrancione 8 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/abolition/garylfrancione/) - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b014/author-karl-marx-55237.jpg) Karl Marx 5 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/abolition/karl-marx/) ## More by Todor Bombov > [“In the conditions of this “New World Order,” a crucial part of the contemporary world economy is a criminal economy, in which the excess…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/todor-bombov/in-the-conditions-of-this-new-world-order-a-crucial-part-of-the/) [Todor Bombov](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/todor-bombov/) > [“Democracy is a pretty word. Democracy is a captivating magic. The oppressed classes always wanted and the oppressing ones always promised a democracy. But…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/todor-bombov/democracy-is-a-pretty-word-democracy-is-a-captivating-magic-the/) [Todor Bombov](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/todor-bombov/) > [“Still, in 1877, Engels wanted to protect us from false socialism. Still then, in Anti-Dühring, he wrote that not any nationalization is socialist, because…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/todor-bombov/still-in-1877-engels-wanted-to-protect-us-from-false-socialism-still/) [Todor Bombov](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/todor-bombov/) > [“Just like the myth of the people’s or popular capitalism, which was propagated since the mid1950s in the countries to the west of Berlin…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/todor-bombov/just-like-the-myth-of-the-people-s-or-popular-capitalism-which-was/) [Todor Bombov](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/todor-bombov/) > [“The so-called “socialism” exceeded the mangiest recommendations of Keynes! Such a regulated state capitalism, such an intervention of the state in the economy like…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/todor-bombov/the-so-called-socialism-exceeded-the-mangiest-recommendations-of/) [Todor Bombov](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/todor-bombov/) > [“Let’s get to know each other. My name’s William, William More, but you can call me Willy. I’m an engineer-chemist who graduated from MIT.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/todor-bombov/let-s-get-to-know-each-other-my-name-s-william-william-more-but-you/) [Todor Bombov](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/todor-bombov/) > [“Yesterday, I asked a robot, Gumball I think, do you know Murphy’s law of gravitation? It answered, ‘No, sir, I know only Newton’s and…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/todor-bombov/yesterday-i-asked-a-robot-gumball-i-think-do-you-know-murphy-s-law-of/) [Todor Bombov](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/todor-bombov/) > [“This book was under arrest, along with its author. This event occurred on March 27, 1986. During that time, the totalitarian system in East…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/todor-bombov/this-book-was-under-arrest-along-with-its-author-this-event-occurred/) [Todor Bombov](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/todor-bombov/) > [“In a popular state the inhabitants are divided into certain classes,” Montesquieu affirmed in a Marxian manner a century before Marx! So, the popular…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/todor-bombov/in-a-popular-state-the-inhabitants-are-divided-into-certain-classes/) [Todor Bombov](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/todor-bombov/) > [“Socialism is not a competition; it is not a monopoly, either. Socialism is not a private property; it is not a state one, either.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/todor-bombov/socialism-is-not-a-competition-it-is-not-a-monopoly-either-socialism/) [Todor Bombov](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/todor-bombov/) > [“Just the class division of society creates two different, two parallel worlds/antipodes in this very society. And this means yet two polar models of…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/todor-bombov/just-the-class-division-of-society-creates-two-different-two-parallel/) [Todor Bombov](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/todor-bombov/) > [“Of course, during the centuries the justice was always a rather elastic term, but always till now and “everywhere the justice is the same…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/todor-bombov/of-course-during-the-centuries-the-justice-was-always-a-rather/) [Todor Bombov](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/todor-bombov/) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/abolition/todor-bombov/#itemlist", "name": "2 Abolition Quotes By Todor Bombov", "numberOfItems": 2, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "“Democracy is a pretty word. Democracy is a captivating magic. 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