19th century Quote by Robert Dallek

Populism is the simple premise that markets need to be restrained by society and by a democratic political system. We are not socialists or…

— Molly Ivins

A lot of populists after populism died just became socialists. At the beginning of the 20th century, socialism looked like it was going to…

— Thomas Frank

The rise of populism has steadily coalesced movements of millions of people around its divisive us-against-them rhetoric, motivating so many more people to become…

— Jo Swinson

American populism is no stranger to our political life. From the earliest anti-Federalists to William Jennings Bryan, Huey Long, and George Wallace, and many…

— Rick Wilson

Populists have always been out to challenge the orthodoxy of the corporate order and to empower workaday Americans so they can control their own…

— Jim Hightower

In Europe, populism is sort of a dirty word, but we have this wonderful history of populism in America, including the abolitionist populists and…

— Zephyr Teachout

Populism is about is alienation in large numbers of people, but aggravated and provoked by a deteriorating economic conditions.

— Preston Manning

Throughout the west, the rise of populism has shaken establishments, with politicians and commentators asking why there has been a resurgent interest in socialism,…

— Dawn Foster

A populist is someone who fights for common sense economic policies that sustain and expand the middle class.

— Bruce Braley

“These romantic visions of the peasantry were constantly undone by contact with reality, often with devastating consequences for their bearers. The populists, who invested…

— Orlando Figes

Populism is not a style, it's a people's rebellion against the iron grip that big corporations have on our country - including our economy,…

— Jim Hightower

As a rule, [populism] is done for the sake of political expediency by those who do not care about the consequences, who do not…

— Vladimir Putin