Choices Quote by Zbigniew Brzezinski

Yes, disappointment over perceived unfairness, injustice, promises not kept, tends to go hand in hand with increasing prosperity. Expectations are dashed. What can I…

— Mary Douglas

We fought hard for socialism in a devastating war of independence and reunification. To build an affluent and prosperous society, we chose the path…

— Nguyen Minh Triet

I see disappointment as something small and aggregate rather than something unified or great. With a little effort, every failure can be turned into…

— Eleanor Catton

It would be especially tragic if the people who most cherish ideals of peace, who are most anxious for political cooperation on a wider…

— Lester B. Pearson

The '60s were a disaster in terms of social policy. The elites put in place a whole set of reforms which I think fundamentally…

— Charles Murray

We were happy a hundred years ago. We knew that there were exploiters and exploited, wealthy and poor, and we had a perfect idea…

— Leszek Kolakowski

Everyone has so much hope for a better humanity, and many, including [Jean Paul] Sartre, turned to the idea of communism in its beginnings.…

— Catherine Camus

Solidarity and interdependence, a sense of worth, a pride and hope in the future: these are positive gains for those who believe in progressive…

— David Blunkett

“The catastrophe of every socialist scheme in the 20th century has had a devastating effect on leftwing optimism and has replaced it with the…

— David Horowitz

We have begun a throw away culture. This tendency is seen on the level of individuals and whole societies; and it is being promoted!…

— Pope Francis

“The economic consequences of these policies have been the same just about everywhere, and exactly what one would expect: a massive increase in social…

— Noam Chomsky

Given the dismal failure of collectivist models and the undeniable advances in the free world, socialists were forced to change their agenda: they left…

— Javier Milei