Accepting Quote by William O. Douglas

The trouble with the Labour Party is that they don't really believe in Socialism, but they cannot wholeheartedly approve of private enterprise either.

— Jo Grimond

True socialism is the equalization of all privileges. The power to take advantage of them, - that is another matter.

— Lilian Whiting

One is a socialist because one used to be one, no longer going to demonstrations, attending meetings, sending in one's dues, in short, without…

— Michel de Certeau

The ownership of industry by the state - that is not socialism.

— Erich Fromm

Political leaders in capitalist countries who cheer the collapse of socialism in other countries continue to favor socialist solutions in their own. They know…

— Milton Friedman

Socialism easily accepts despotism. It requires the strongest execution of power -- power sufficient to interfere with property.

— Lord Acton

If the Russians claim they are Socialist, this is just, I would say, a lie. They have no socialism at all. They have what…

— Erich Fromm

Different people rise to the top under socialism than under capitalism. The higher on the socialist hierarchy you look, the more you will find…

— Hans-Hermann Hoppe

Socialism is a fundamentally different social system where the world's resources are not controlled by a greedy, undemocratic oligarchy. This is not the same…

— Kshama Sawant

It is certain that many intellectuals envy the higher income of prosperous businessmen and that these feelings drive them toward socialism. They believe that…

— Ludwig von Mises

Once a person comes to rely on the government for support, that person becomes a socialist through and through.

— James Cook

Socialism is nothing but the capitalism of the lower classes.

— Oswald Spengler