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title: "5 American Socialist Quotes by 4 authors"
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> [No true Latter-day Saint and no true American can be a socialist or a communist.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ezra-taft-benson/no-true-latter-day-saint-and-no-true-american-can-be-a-socialist-or-a/)

[Ezra Taft Benson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ezra-taft-benson/)

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> [Now back in 1927 an American socialist, Norman Thomas, six times candidate for president on the Socialist Party ticket, said the American…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ronald-reagan/now-back-in-1927-an-american-socialist-norman-thomas-six-times/)

[Ronald Reagan](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ronald-reagan/)

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> [No true Latter-day Saint and no true American can be a socialist or a communist or support programs leading in that direction.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ezra-taft-benson/no-true-latter-day-saint-and-no-true-american-can-be-a-socialist-or-a-2/)

[Ezra Taft Benson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ezra-taft-benson/)

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> [“It's really encouraging and inspiring to be around a gathering of so many people ... who really are committed to that vision."…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/glenn-greenwald/it-s-really-encouraging-and-inspiring-to-be-around-a-gathering-of-so/)

[Glenn Greenwald](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/glenn-greenwald/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/6a8/glenn-greenwald-1215_dreams_it-s-really-encouraging-and-inspiring-to_1874312.jpg)

> [It's just the banks who are the latest target of the American socialist left. There is a war on the entirety of…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/rush-limbaugh/it-s-just-the-banks-who-are-the-latest-target-of-the-american/)

[Rush Limbaugh](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/rush-limbaugh/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/c2e/rush-limbaugh-28_cities_it-s-just-the-banks-who-are-the-latest-t_2383120.jpg)

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