--- title: "18 Social Democrats Quotes by 14 authors" description: "Browse 18 Social Democrats quotes by 14 authors. Discover the best Social Democrats sayings and thoughts." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/f60/stieg-larsson-4224_ministers_don-t-get-politics-mixed-up-in-this-it-s_419649.jpg" --- > [“Don't get politics mixed up in this. It's all about money and it makes no difference if the Social Democrats or the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/stieg-larsson/don-t-get-politics-mixed-up-in-this-it-s-all-about-money-and-it-makes/) [Stieg Larsson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/stieg-larsson/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/f60/stieg-larsson-4224_ministers_don-t-get-politics-mixed-up-in-this-it-s_419649.jpg) > [We are not jumping on the austerity bandwagon. A healthy economy is by far the most important thing for Social Democrats.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/helle-thorning-schmidt/we-are-not-jumping-on-the-austerity-bandwagon-a-healthy-economy-is-by/) [Helle Thorning-Schmidt](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/helle-thorning-schmidt/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/7a7/helle-thorning-schmidt-27331_austerity_we-are-not-jumping-on-the-austerity-band_1515510.png) > [When they locked up the social democrats, I remained silent; I was not a social democrat.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/martin-niemoller/when-they-locked-up-the-social-democrats-i-remained-silent-i-was-not/) [Martin Niemoller](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/martin-niemoller/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/7e7/martin-niemoller-20587_communist_when-they-locked-up-the-social-democrats_2208084.jpg) > [We, the Social Democrats, are convinced that capitalism needs to be tamed a second time. The first time we achieved that in…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sigmar-gabriel/we-the-social-democrats-are-convinced-that-capitalism-needs-to-be/) [Sigmar Gabriel](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sigmar-gabriel/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/1c4/sigmar-gabriel-14684_capitalism_we-the-social-democrats-are-convinced-th_683092.jpg) > [Social democrats are characteristically modest - a political quality whose virtues are overestimated. We need to apologise a little less for our…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tony-judt/social-democrats-are-characteristically-modest-a-political-quality/) [Tony Judt](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tony-judt/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/24b/tony-judt-1730_achievements_social-democrats-are-characteristically_451627.jpg) > [The membership survey was a great moment for inner-party democracy. We can't go back, nor do we want to. Our members are…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/martin-schulz/the-membership-survey-was-a-great-moment-for-inner-party-democracy-we/) [Martin Schulz](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/martin-schulz/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/23a/martin-schulz-2953_democracy_the-membership-survey-was-a-great-moment_376439.jpg) > [“Although Sweden’s labor party, the Social Democrats, has been in power for most of the past seventy years, state ownership of business…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/christina-johansson-robinowitz/although-sweden-s-labor-party-the-social-democrats-has-been-in-power/) [Christina Johansson Robinowitz](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/christina-johansson-robinowitz/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/27a/christina-johansson-robinowitz_business_although-sweden-s-labor-party-the-social_2859669.jpg) > [Since the crash of 2008 and during the neoliberal retrenchment known as austerity, many commentators have muttered that the left is dead,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/guy-standing/since-the-crash-of-2008-and-during-the-neoliberal-retrenchment-known/) [Guy Standing](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/guy-standing/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/7e3/guy-standing-4017_democrats_since-the-crash-of-2008-and-during-the-n_1109030.jpg) > [The Social Democrats have to listen to people who are attracted to the AfD party. That isn't a mistake at all. You…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/martin-schulz/the-social-democrats-have-to-listen-to-people-who-are-attracted-to/) [Martin Schulz](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/martin-schulz/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/956/martin-schulz-2953_democrat_the-social-democrats-have-to-listen-to-p_2086516.jpg) > [“Socialism for social democrats, especially in Scandinavia, was a distributive concept. It was about making sure that wealth and assets were not…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tony-judt/socialism-for-social-democrats-especially-in-scandinavia-was-a/) [Tony Judt](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tony-judt/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/12b/tony-judt-1730_socialism_socialism-for-social-democrats-especiall_503062.jpg) > [We Social-Democrats always stand for democracy, not "in the name of capitalism," but in the name of clearing the path for our…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/vladimir-lenin/we-social-democrats-always-stand-for-democracy-not-in-the-name-of/) [Vladimir Lenin](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/vladimir-lenin/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/212/vladimir-lenin-1306_capitalism_we-social-democrats-always-stand-for-dem_1868658.jpg) > [The old battle between Christian Democrats and Social Democrats is now meaningless, not least because the social structures that underlay those parties,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/anne-applebaum/the-old-battle-between-christian-democrats-and-social-democrats-is/) [Anne Applebaum](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/anne-applebaum/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/b14/anne-applebaum-2544_battle_the-old-battle-between-christian-democra_2517411.jpg) > [“somewhat different. Many European countries have long practiced something resembling social democracy: but they have forgotten how to preach it. Social democrats…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tony-judt/somewhat-different-many-european-countries-have-long-practiced/) [Tony Judt](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tony-judt/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/c10/tony-judt-1730_social-democracy_somewhat-different-many-european-countri_301790.jpg) > [We in Germany could, for example, lower taxes. And who is against that? The Social Democrats. We could also mobilize more private…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wolfgang-schauble/we-in-germany-could-for-example-lower-taxes-and-who-is-against-that/) [Wolfgang Schauble](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/wolfgang-schauble/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/a71/wolfgang-schauble-8886_consequence_we-in-germany-could-for-example-lower-ta_886923.jpg) > [“When, then, the Social Democrat worker found himself in the economic crisis which degraded him to the status of a coolie, the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wilhelm-reich/when-then-the-social-democrat-worker-found-himself-in-the-economic/) [Wilhelm Reich](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/wilhelm-reich/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/898/wilhelm-reich-2565_1931_when-then-the-social-democrat-worker-fou_901992.jpg) > [The effects of independence will no doubt go beyond the borders of Scotland. An independent Scotland where both main parties are progressive,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/humza-yousaf/the-effects-of-independence-will-no-doubt-go-beyond-the-borders-of/) [Humza Yousaf](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/humza-yousaf/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/353/humza-yousaf-5585_doubt_the-effects-of-independence-will-no-doub_2636591.jpg) > [We are seeing now that without the contribution of the Social Democrats, Germany cannot be governed. We are a proud and self-confident…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/martin-schulz/we-are-seeing-now-that-without-the-contribution-of-the-social/) [Martin Schulz](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/martin-schulz/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/b82/martin-schulz-2953_democrat_we-are-seeing-now-that-without-the-contr_2995742.jpg) > [The pacifist streak in German politics is a problem. But Greens and Social Democrats have to ask themselves: In an imperfect world,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/anthony-glees/the-pacifist-streak-in-german-politics-is-a-problem-but-greens-and/) [Anthony Glees](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/anthony-glees/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/33d/anthony-glees-45968_a-perfect-world_the-pacifist-streak-in-german-politics-i_1563196.jpg) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/social-democrats/#itemlist", "name": "Social Democrats Quotes", "numberOfItems": 18, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "“Don't get politics mixed up in this. 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Many European countries have long practiced something resembling social democracy: but they have forgotten how to preach it. Social democrats today are defensive and apologetic. Critics who claim that the European model is too expensive or economically inefficient have been allowed to pass unchallenged. 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