“This socialism will develop in all its phases until it reaches its own extremes and absurdities. Then once again a cry of denial will break from the titanic chest of the revolutionary minority and again a mortal struggle will begin, in which socialism will play the role of contemporary conservatism and will be overwhelmed in the subsequent revolution, as yet unknown to us.” PlayRolesBreakStruggleCryRevolutionExtremesSocialismContemporaryMortalsCommunismDenialRevolutionaryMinoritiesChestsPhasesAbsurdityOverwhelmedConservatismRebellious Author:Alexander Herzen
“It wasn't idealism that made me, from the beginning, want a more secure and rational society. It was an intellectual judgment, to which I still hold. When I was young its name was socialism. We can be deflected by names. But the need was absolute, and is still absolute.” WantNeedsMadeStillsYoungNamesJudgmentIntellectualAbsolutesSocialismRationalSecureCommunismIdealism Book:Loyalties Source: Loyalties
“America has got the equivalent of stage three cancer of socialism because the federal government is tampering in all kinds of stuff it has no business tampering in.” KindGovernmentAmericaThreeStuffStageCancerSocialismAll KindsFederal Government Author:Todd Akin
“I was not chosen to be president to restore capitalism to Cuba. I was elected to defend, maintain and continue to perfect socialism, not destroy it.” PresidentPerfectCapitalismSocialismChosenCuba Author:Raul Castro
“Socialism appeals to better classes and has far more strength. Attack the state and you excite feelings of loyalty even among the disaffected classes; but attack the industrial system and appeal to the state, and you may have loyalty in your favor.” MayStatesFeelingsClassFavorsLoyaltySocialismAppeals Author:John Bates Clark
“The great sin was adopting the 21st Century's Socialism, something that not even its founder, Ditrich knows exactly what it is, though he says it is under construction.” KnowsSinCenturySocialismConstructionFounders21st CenturyAdoptingUnder Construction Author:Rafael Correa
“A lot of populists after populism died just became socialists. At the beginning of the 20th century, socialism looked like it was going to take off. It didn't, of course, but a lot of people thought it was going to.” PeopleCoursesCenturyDiedSocialism20th CenturyPopulistPopulism Author:Thomas Frank
“Conservatives may worship Adam Smith's 'invisible hand,' but for Obama, the helping hand comes in large measure from the public, not the private sector. To call this 'socialism' is to do violence to the word and to the concept. To call it 'un-American' is a smear.” MayHelpingHandsViolenceWorshipConceptsInvisibleSocialismAdamPrivate SectorHelping HandInvisible Hand Author:Jeff Greenfield
“If Obama's vision of the public sector is socialism, then so too were the visions of Theodore Roosevelt, Franklin Roosevelt, Harry Truman, Dwight Eisenhower, John Kennedy, Lyndon Johnson, and Richard Nixon.” IfsVisionSocialismJohnsonFranklinTrumanPublic SectorTheodoreJohn KennedyDwightHarry TrumanDwight Eisenhower Author:Jeff Greenfield
“Socialism, hypnotism, patriotism, materialism, fools making laws for the breaking of jaws.” LawPoliticsFoolSocialismMaterialism Author:Bob Dylan
“Just as feudalism was an advance over slavery, and capitalism was the next step after feudalism, socialism is the next step after capitalism...........Socialism in America will come through the ballot box.” AmericaNextStepsCapitalismSlaveryBoxesSocialismCommunismBallotsNext StepsFeudalism Author:Gus Hall