Collectivism Quotes

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Collectivism holds that the individual has no rights, that his life and work belong to the group (to "society," to the tribe, the state, the… — Ayn Rand
Collectivism doesn't work because it's based on a faulty economic premise. There is no such thing as a person's "fair share" of wealth. The gross… — P.J. O'Rourke
The public school system: "Usually a twelve year sentence of mind control. Crushing creativity, smashing individualism, encouraging collectivism and compromise, destroying the exercise of intellectual… — Walter Karp
As a cultural-intellectual power and a moral ideal, collectivism died in World War II. If we are still rolling in its direction, it is only… — Ayn Rand
We are now moving towards complete collectivism or socialism, a system under which everybody is enslaved to everybody. — Ayn Rand
And when you look at the twentieth-century experiment with collectivism-that Ayn Rand, more than anybody else, did such a good job of articulating the pitfalls… — Paul Ryan
Psychologism is, I believe, correct only in so far as it insists upon what may be called 'methodological individualism' as opposed to 'methodological collectivism'; it… — Karl Popper
Among other grand achievements, F. A. Hayek had a remarkable career pointing out the flaws in collectivism. One of his keenest insights was that, paradoxically,… — Sheldon Richman
The fight we are in here, make no mistake about it, is a fight of individualism versus collectivism. — Ayn Rand
A Call for Revolution, 1993 Libertarianism is rejected by the modern left - which preaches individualism but practices collectivism. Capitalism is rejected by the modern… — Karl Hess
[What Hayek] does not see, or will not admit, [is] that a return to "free" competition means for the great mass of people a tyranny… — George Orwell
More socialism means more democracy, openness and collectivism in everyday life. — Mikhail Gorbachev
Collectivism and freedom are mortal enemies. Only one will survive — G. Edward Griffin
People are not embracing collectivism because they have accepted bad economics. They are accepting bad economics because they have embraced collectivism. — Ayn Rand
We cannot fight against collectivism, unless we fight against its moral base: altruism. We cannot fight against altruism, unless we fight against its epistemological base:… — Ayn Rand
The more propaganda . . . conservatives spread for capitalist economics while at the same time preaching collectivism morally and philosophically , the more nails… — Ayn Rand
Libertarianism is rejected by the modern left - which preaches individualism but practices collectivism. Capitalism is rejected by the modern right-which preaches enterprise but practices… — Karl Hess
Racism is the lowest, most crudely primitive form of collectivism. — Ayn Rand
We must cultivate and defend particularity, individuality, and irregularity-life. Human beings do not have a future in the collectivism of bureaucratic states or in the… — Octavio Paz
We should know why paternalism, collectivism, or unnecessary federal supervision will hold our standard of living down and reduce productivity just as it has in… — Ezra Taft Benson

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