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title: "7 Socialist Program Quotes by 7 authors"
description: "Browse 7 Socialist Program quotes by 7 authors. Discover the best Socialist Program sayings and thoughts."
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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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> [“Since Americans are by nature individualistic and entrepreneurial, by definition, then, the socialist program is anti-American, to say nothing of totalitarian. Socialism…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ben-carson/since-americans-are-by-nature-individualistic-and-entrepreneurial-by/)

[Ben Carson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ben-carson/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/bfa/ben-carson-3320_nature_since-americans-are-by-nature-individual_1030359.jpg)

> [What Bernie Sanders is calling for is incredibly important. Things like a $15/hour minimum wage, single-payer healthcare, taxing the rich, and free…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/kshama-sawant/what-bernie-sanders-is-calling-for-is-incredibly-important-things/)

[Kshama Sawant](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/kshama-sawant/)

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> [The American people will never knowingly adopt socialism. But, under the name of 'liberalism,' they will adopt every fragment of the socialist…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/norman-thomas/the-american-people-will-never-knowingly-adopt-socialism-but-under/)

[Norman Thomas](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/norman-thomas/)

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> [The main plank in the National Socialist program is to abolish the liberalistic concept of the individual and the Marxist concept of…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/adolf-hitler/the-main-plank-in-the-national-socialist-program-is-to-abolish-the/)

[Adolf Hitler](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/adolf-hitler/)

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> [I don't want to get people nervous falling off their chairs, but Social Security is a socialist program. It's a program by…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bernie-sanders/i-don-t-want-to-get-people-nervous-falling-off-their-chairs-but/)

[Bernie Sanders](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/bernie-sanders/)

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> [Why do I hate Obamacare? Because it is a blast against freedom. It is a socialist program which will not work. It…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-raese/why-do-i-hate-obamacare-because-it-is-a-blast-against-freedom-it-is-a/)

[John Raese](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-raese/)

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