Country Quote by Ernest Mandel

Socialist democracy is not a luxury but an absolute, essential necessity for overthrowing capitalism and building socialism.

— Ernest Mandel

Democracy is indispensable to socialism.

— Vladimir Lenin

Socialism, as I understand it, is a system of democracy. Without democracy, there is no socialism.

— Wen Jiabao

There is no democracy without socialism, and no socialism without democracy.

— Rosa Luxemburg

All that socialism means to me, to be very frank with you, is democracy with a small 'd.' I believe in democracy, and by…

— Bernie Sanders

Socialism is the completion of democracy, not the negation of it.

— Terry Eagleton

Socialism's not a word that I use. I say 'social democracy' because I don't think the government needs to own all the means of…

— David Cunliffe

Socialism without democracy is unthinkable.

— Karl Kautsky

But we don't have an example of a democratic society existing in a socialist economy - which is the only real alternative to capitalism…

— Peter L. Berger

A Society in which the people's wants do not exceed their possessions is not a Socialist society.

— Aneurin Bevan

Democracy is the wholesome and pure air without which a socialist public organization cannot live a full-blooded life

— Mikhail Gorbachev

Socialisms not a word that I use. I say social democracy because I dont think the government needs to own all the means of…

— David Cunliffe