Collectivism Quote by George Orwell

Collectivism, as an intellectual power and a moral ideal, is dead. But freedom and individualism, and their political expression, capitalism, have not yet been…

— Ayn Rand

“When we, in the communist countries, came across the ideas of Hayek and Aron, we had no problems to understand their importance. They gave…

— Vaclav Klaus

“Collectivism leads to concentration camps, leader worship and war.”

— George Orwell

“I do not have it in for relativism. In many respects I find it a fascinating, even attractive, alternative. It engenders epistemological humility, defeats…

— David L. Wolfe

The enemies of intellectual liberty always try to present their case as a plea for discipline versus individualism. The issue truth-versus-untruth is as far…

— George Orwell

“At very best there are two major problems with ideology. The first is that it does not represent or conform to or even address…

— Marilynne Robinson

“It is a truth widely recognized that tyranny stems from the consent of the governed as much as democracy does.”

— Eric Robert Morse

“In your novels do you lie deliberately or just out of ignorance?" Laughter. A murmur of approval. The writer hesitated a few seconds. Then…

— José Eduardo Agualusa

“Relativism is one of the many crimes committed by intellectuals. It is a betrayal of reason and of humanity.”

— Karl R. Popper

“Ordinarily, people are anxious to test their theories in practice, to learn from experience, but those who wield power are so anxious to establish…

— Boris Pasternak

I think a major reason why intellectuals tend to move towards collectivism is that the collectivist answer is a simple one. If there's something…

— Milton Friedman

“Yes, our country has its shortcomings, but there's no moral equivalency between democracy and totalitarianism…There's no moral equivalency between propaganda and the truth.”

— Ronald Reagan