Built Quote by Joseph Stalin

The term "state socialism" is not precise. Under this term many understand an order under which a certain part of the wealth, sometimes a…

— Joseph Stalin

Socialist society is a society of officials.

— Ludwig von Mises

Many understand "state socialism" in this way. Sometimes a system is concealed behind this term in which the capitalist state, in the interests of…

— Joseph Stalin

Our Soviet society is socialist because private ownership of factories, plants, land, banks and means of transportation has been abolished in our country, and…

— Joseph Stalin

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

— Aneurin Bevan

State ownership and control is not necessarily Socialism - if it were, then the Army, the Navy, the Police, the Judges, the Gaolers, the…

— James Connolly

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, in the traditional sense, meant government ownership and operation of the means of production. Outside of North Korea and a couple of other…

— Milton Friedman

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

— Wen Jiabao

States can be more or less democratic, and so can socialism. I think any ideal society that exists on a large scale, which is…

— Cynthia Kauffman

If "socialism" is defined as "ownership of the means of production"--and this is both the orthodox and the only rigorous definition--then the United States…

— Peter Drucker

“society is not identical with the state. Society is composed of people, freely associating and forming communities of interest that socialists have no right…

— Roger Scruton