Socialism in general has a record of failure so blatant that only an intellectual could ignore or evade it. — Thomas Sowell Copy Share Image
“Every step which leads from capitalism toward planning is necessarily a step nearer to absolutism and dictatorship.” — Ludwig von Mises Copy Share Image
Increasing the power of the state in response to the Soviet menace would not defeat socialism in Russia but bring it to… — Frank Chodorov Copy Share Image
The high-water mark, so to speak, of Socialist literature is W.H. Auden, a sort of gutless Kipling. — George Orwell Copy Share Image
“Gore Vidal, the American writer, once famously described the American economic system as ‘free enterprise for the poor and socialism for the… — Ha-Joon Chang Copy Share Image
Socialism has been an abject failure across the face of the globe, millions have suffered under socialism, and yet we're not doing… — Ted Cruz Copy Share Image
“That theme is individual freedom. The economic redistribution that progressives demand is not “fairness,” as they maintain. Socialism is theft and a… — David Horowitz Copy Share Image
Everyone should get dirt on his hands each day. Doctors, intellectuals. Politicians, most of all. How can we presume to uplift the… — Barbara Kingsolver Copy Share Image
“In fact, in its most basic form, socialism was a belief in more equitable distribution of wealth, with everyone afforded the opportunity… — Jeff Guinn Copy Share Image
“We know that they are lying, they know that they are lying, they even know that we know they are lying, we… — Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn Copy Share Image
Inherent to socialism is the absence of choice. If I want to choose my own pretzels or books or iphones, they prevent… — Rand Paul Copy Share Image
There is no difference between communism and socialism, except in the means of achieving the same ultimate end: communism proposes to enslave… — Ayn Rand Copy Share Image
Monotheism at Sinai, primitive Christianity, messianic socialism: these are the three supreme moments in which Western culture is presented with what Ibsen… — George Steiner Copy Share Image
The most influential utopian idea of the nineteenth and twentieth centuries was socialism, which has failed everywhere. Under the banner of socialism,… — Steven Weinberg Copy Share Image
The idea was that those who direct the overall conspiracy could use the differences in those two so-called ideologies [Marxism/fascism/socialism v. democracy/capitalism]… — Myron Coureval Fagan Copy Share Image
According to Lenin, socialism and democracy are indivisible… The essence of perestroika lies in the fact that it unites socialism with democracy… — Mikhail Gorbachev Copy Share Image
I consider the foundation of the Constitution as laid on this ground that 'all powers not delegated to the United States, by… — Thomas Jefferson Copy Share Image
Hostility towards Microsoft is not difficult to find on the Net, and it blends two strains: resentful people who feel Microsoft is… — Neal Stephenson Copy Share Image
“War can condition a person to be resilient, tolerant, dependable, strong, and capable of so much more than one who had experienced… — Mike Norton Copy Share Image
“Monopoly is a market, or part of a market, reserved to the exclusive possession of one or more sellers by means of… — George Reisman Copy Share Image
Welcome baby it's your turn to live they're laying for you chicken pox whooping cough smallpox malaria TB heart disease cancer and… — Naz?m Hikmet Copy Share Image
“Not content with the liberal creed of equality of rights, of equality before the law, the socialist State would trample on such… — Murray N. Rothbard Copy Share Image
“Either ‘the group’ is superior or the individual is superior. Marxism, socialism, fascism, and pure democracy are all forms that give power… — Dave Champion Copy Share Image
Did I say "republic?" By God, yes, I said "republic!" Long live the glorious republic of the United States of America. Damn… — Westbrook Pegler Copy Share Image
The market economy of its own cannot destroy socialism. But to build socialism with success, it is necessary to develop a market… — Nguyen Phu Trong Copy Share Image
“It's time, more than ever, to shrug off apathy. For Socialism not to be a dirty word any more. This is a… — Jake Copy Share Image
The purer the application of socialism, the worse the results, the purer the application of capitalism, the better the results. — James Cook Copy Share Image
If socialism means that we live well, that there is equality and justice, and that we have no social and economic problems,… — Evo Morales Copy Share Image
The idea of a socialism with a human face was something that I absolutely could support, because it was my idea from… — Stefan Heym Copy Share Image
The Socialist Party will no longer be running a candidate for president. The Democratic Party is leading this country to Socialism much… — Norman Thomas Copy Share Image
“Socialism is not the same as social democracy, the political system that created Sweden’s welfare state.” — Christina Johansson Robinowitz Copy Share Image
People focus on the labels when they are not sure what they mean. What people call socialism these days is Eisenhower Republicanism! — Saikat Chakrabarti Copy Share Image
During the New Deal, people thought to be liberal was to reject socialism on one extreme and fascism on the other, and… — Noah Feldman Copy Share Image
Today, rather than talk in terms of ideology or ideas like socialism, I think more important issues to discuss are things like… — Billy Bragg Copy Share Image
“We all know how 'modern democracies take loaves from the wealthy.' It's the slipups in the 'pass them out to the poor'… — P.J. O'Rourke Copy Share Image
Like the phoenix, socialism is reborn from every pile of ashes left day in, day out, by burnt-out human dreams and charred… — Zygmunt Bauman Copy Share Image
All socialism involves slavery. That which fundamentally distinguishes the slave is that he labours under coercion to satisfy anothers desires. — Herbert Spencer Copy Share Image
I have a political philosophy by which I judge political events. It's called socialism, which at its core is about achieving equality,… — John McDonnell Copy Share Image
“Political corruption, social greed, and Americanized quasi-socialism can ruin even the most wonderful places. California proved that.” — Tiffany Madison Copy Share Image
“The world, viewed philosophically, remains a series of slave camps, where citizens – tax livestock – labor under the chains of illusion… — Stefan Molyneux Copy Share Image