History-politics Quote by S.A. Smith

“it was the wars of the twentieth century that wiped away the past to create the illusion that capitalism had been structurally transformed.”

— Thomas Piketty

“Revolutions as often take place because the old regime simply collapse out of economic inefficiency and bureaucratic rigidity rather than for the reasons given…

— Bernard Crick

The major political event of the twentieth century is the death of socialism.

— Irving Kristol

“Although we had been warned by some of the greatest political thinkers of the nineteenth century, by Tocqueville and Lord Acton, that socialism means…

— Friedrich Hayek

“It was partly the war, the revolution did the rest. The war was an artificial break in life-- as if life could be put…

— Boris Pasternak

“It was ironic—the great socialists could only survive by becoming capitalists.” But”

— Jeff Guinn

“Should an authoritarian Socialist society ever succeed in establishing itself, it could not last; general discontent would soon force it to break up, or…

— Pyotr Kropotkin

“Socialism is the expression of the principle of violence crying from the workers' soul, just as Imperialism is the principle of violence speaking from…

— Ludwig von Mises

“When you destroyed autocratic regimes, you caused more death and suffering than the regime itself, and often ended up with something worse. Your violent…

— Neal Asher

Socialism has been a great tragedy this century.

— Robert Heilbroner

“Let the ruling classes tremble at a Communistic revolution. The proletarians have nothing to lose but their chains. They have a world to win.”

— Karl Marx

“The real revolution is not in overthrowing governments, but in dismantling the systems of silence and fear that hold women back”

— Hagir Elsheikh