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title: "19 Privatizing Quotes by 16 authors"
description: "Browse 19 Privatizing quotes by 16 authors. Discover the best Privatizing sayings and thoughts."
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> [We can preserve Social Security benefits for generations of Americans without privatizing this important program.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/richard-neal/we-can-preserve-social-security-benefits-for-generations-of-americans/)

[Richard Neal](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/richard-neal/)

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> [I'm not in favor of privatizing Social Security or making cuts.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mitt-romney/i-m-not-in-favor-of-privatizing-social-security-or-making-cuts/)

[Mitt Romney](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mitt-romney/)

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> [The first sign of tyranny is government's complicity in privatizing the commons for private gain.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/robert-f-kennedy-jr/the-first-sign-of-tyranny-is-government-s-complicity-in-privatizing/)

[Robert F. Kennedy, Jr](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/robert-f-kennedy-jr/)

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> [Not only is privatizing Social Security not the solution to Social Security, it would exacerbate the problem.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/shelley-berkley/not-only-is-privatizing-social-security-not-the-solution-to-social/)

[Shelley Berkley](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/shelley-berkley/)

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> [Privatizing Social Security will take dollars out of young folks' pockets.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/max-baucus/privatizing-social-security-will-take-dollars-out-of-young-folks/)

[Max Baucus](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/max-baucus/)

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> [Privatizing our public schools makes as much sense as privatizing the fire department or or the police department](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/diane-ravitch/privatizing-our-public-schools-makes-as-much-sense-as-privatizing-the/)

[Diane Ravitch](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/diane-ravitch/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/1db/diane-ravitch-11245_education_privatizing-our-public-schools-makes-as_2708759.jpg)

> [In other words, we do not have to be obsessed with privatizing immediately and at any cost. No, we will not do…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/vladimir-putin/in-other-words-we-do-not-have-to-be-obsessed-with-privatizing/)

[Vladimir Putin](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/vladimir-putin/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/dd8/vladimir-putin-261_benefits_in-other-words-we-do-not-have-to-be-obse_2471035.jpg)

> [Privatizing Social Security doesn't make sense, and it's out of step with the fundamental value of ensuring that after a life spent…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/debbie-stabenow/privatizing-social-security-doesn-t-make-sense-and-it-s-out-of-step/)

[Debbie Stabenow](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/debbie-stabenow/)

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> [Privatizing bits of the prison industry was a step in the right direction, but what we didn't have - until recently -…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/thomas-frank/privatizing-bits-of-the-prison-industry-was-a-step-in-the-right/)

[Thomas Frank](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/thomas-frank/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/052/thomas-frank-4078_bits_privatizing-bits-of-the-prison-industry_680459.png)

> [America's corporate and political elites now form a regime of their own and they're privatizing democracy. All the benefits - the tax…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bill-moyers/america-s-corporate-and-political-elites-now-form-a-regime-of-their/)

[Bill Moyers](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/bill-moyers/)

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> [I'm absolutely against privatizing the V.A. And I am going do everything I can to build on the reforms that Senator Sanders…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/hillary-clinton/i-m-absolutely-against-privatizing-the-v-a-and-i-am-going-do/)

[Hillary Clinton](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/hillary-clinton/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/eb2/hillary-clinton-51_congress_i-m-absolutely-against-privatizing-the-v_115227.jpg)

> [Worldwide, the twentieth century has seen the rise of extraordinary concentrations of economic and political power - evoking the people as the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/thomas-l-dumm/worldwide-the-twentieth-century-has-seen-the-rise-of-extraordinary/)

[Thomas L. Dumm](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/thomas-l-dumm/)

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> [ We are working in other areas \[like ALROSA\] as well, so there are no radical changes to our position. It is not… ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/vladimir-putin/we-are-working-in-other-areas-like-alrosa-as-well-so-there-are-no/)

[Vladimir Putin](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/vladimir-putin/)

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> [“The worst proposals are to radically transform Social Security by privatizing, which would put people at the mercy of the stock and…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/david-cay-johnston/the-worst-proposals-are-to-radically-transform-social-security-by/)

[David Cay Johnston](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/david-cay-johnston/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/543/david-cay-johnston-10155_social-security_the-worst-proposals-are-to-radically-tra_1539032.jpg)

> [In the same way that banks succeeded at privatizing the profits and socializing the losses as they led the global economy to…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/felix-dodds/in-the-same-way-that-banks-succeeded-at-privatizing-the-profits-and/)

[Felix Dodds](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/felix-dodds/)

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> [We are actively preparing a partial privatization of Rosneft itself. It is the best proof that our major plans have remained unchanged.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/vladimir-putin/we-are-actively-preparing-a-partial-privatization-of-rosneft-itself/)

[Vladimir Putin](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/vladimir-putin/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/1b7/vladimir-putin-261_company_we-are-actively-preparing-a-partial-priv_394582.jpg)

> [What the local politicians actually meant was that they hoped to claim the land in the name of the public and then…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/michael-moorcock/what-the-local-politicians-actually-meant-was-that-they-hoped-to/)

[Michael Moorcock](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/michael-moorcock/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/453/michael-moorcock-8974_benefits_what-the-local-politicians-actually-mean_2048834.jpg)

> [We've so, so fallen for the premise that only government can do certain things. But then when we get around to privatizing,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/rush-limbaugh/we-ve-so-so-fallen-for-the-premise-that-only-government-can-do/)

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

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> [Back in the days when the market was a kind of secular god and all the world thrilled to behold the amazing…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/thomas-frank/back-in-the-days-when-the-market-was-a-kind-of-secular-god-and-all/)

[Thomas Frank](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/thomas-frank/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/44c/thomas-frank-4078_airports_back-in-the-days-when-the-market-was-a-k_437869.jpg)

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