Best Socialist Countries Quotes | Short & Famous Sayings

“I grew up in a socialist country. And I have seen what that does to people. There is no hope, no freedom. No pride in achievement.”

People Doe Country Pride Grew Achievement Grew Up Socialist No Hope Socialist Countries

Author:Thomas Peterffy

“If "socialism" is defined as "ownership of the means of production"--and this is both the orthodox and the only rigorous definition--then the United States is the first truly Socialist country.”

Ifs Firsts Mean Country States United United States Definitions Productions Socialism Defined Orthodox Ownership Socialist Socialist Countries

Book:The Pension Fund Revolution

Source: The Pension Fund Revolution

“We're not a socialist country, because the socialists believe in government ownership in the means of production, but the fascists believe that the government should have private ownership and the politicians should tell people how to run the businesses. So that's the route we seem to be going.”

People Should Believe Mean Country Seems Government Running Politician Should Have Productions Ownership Socialist Routes Fascists Socialist Countries

Author:Thomas Sowell

“When external and internal forces hostile to the development of socialism try to turn the development of a given socialist country in the direction of the restoration of the capitalist system, when a threat arises to the cause of socialism in that country ... this is no longer merely a problem for that country's people, but a common problem, the concern of all socialist countries.”

People Trying Country Problem Turns Given Force Causes Common Development Concern Threat Arise Socialism Internals Capitalist Socialist Hostile Restoration Socialist Countries

Author:Leonid Brezhnev

“The Soviet Union has long been proposing to outlaw chemical weapons, to remove them from the arsenals of states. We are prepared for resolution of this problem either on a global basis or piece by piece. As one of the first steps the USSR and the other socialist countries proposed in January 1984 that agreement be reached on ridding Europe of all types of chemical weapons.”

“There can be no justification to admit, in any way, the use of armed forced to intervene in the internal affairs of a WTO [Warsaw Treaty Organization] member country. The solving of domestic problems belongs exclusively to the Party and people of each country and any kind of interference can only do harm to the cause of socialism, friendship and collaboration among the socialist countries.”

“in a socialist country you can get rich by providing necessities, while in a capitalist country you can get rich by providing luxuries.”

Country Rich Capitalism Socialism Luxury Capitalist Providing Socialist Get Rich Socialist Countries

Book:Heartburn

Source: Heartburn

“The aggressor too should know that the preemptive use of nuclear weapons would not insure victory. With modern detection systems and the combat readiness of the Soviet Union's strategic nuclear forces, the United States would not be able to deal a crippling blow to the socialist countries. The aggressor will not be able to evade an all-crushing retaliatory strike.”

“The key to the defeat and eventually the end of imperialism as a a whole is the unity of all socialist countries and progressive forces in capitalist countries.”

Ends Country Whole Force Keys Unity Defeat Progressive Capitalist Socialist Imperialism Socialist Countries

Author:Tim Buck

“Since China has a population of 1.1 billion, it won't feel lonely even if it becomes the only socialist country.”

Ifs Feels Country Lonely Population China Billions Socialist Feeling Lonely Socialist Countries

Author:Li Peng

“The socialist countries have the moral duty of liquidating their tacit complicity with the exploiting countries of the West.”

Country Moral Duty West Socialist Complicity Tacit Moral Duty Socialist Countries

Author:Che Guevara

“Socialist countries throughout the world love to lower retirement ages to make people prematurely dependent on the government. But we should move in the opposite direction. In the long run, indexing retirement to life expectancy will yield enormous revenues to the system, far more than a one-shot increase in the age in the current legislative cycle.”

“Socialism's failure in the former Soviet Union and in the other socialist countries stands as a clean and unquestionable warning as to which path any rational and sane people should never follow again. Government planning brought poverty and ruin...Unfortunately, America is not absorbing the lessons that should be learned from the socialist experience and, instead, is following the same path of destruction.”

“The reason socialism has failed around the world every time it's been tried is because people in socialist countries have looked at the United States and have said if they can have it that good, we can. It's a failed, flawed ideology, but if you ask socialists why it's always failed, it's because the United States has stood in the way.”

People Ifs World Way Said Country States Reason Asks United United States Socialism Ideology Around The World Socialist Flawed Socialist Countries

Author:Brad Thor

“In fact, what were called the socialist countries in Eastern Europe were the most anti-socialist systems in the world. Workers had more rights in the United States and England than they had in Russia, and it was somehow still called socialism.”

World Stills Country States Facts United United States Rights Europe England Workers Russia Socialism Socialist Eastern Eastern Europe Socialist Countries

Author:Noam Chomsky

“We feel that there is a necessity to strengthen unity and that it will be strengthened and the bloc, the monolithic bloc of socialist countries will be formed again.”

Feels Country Unity Socialist Socialist Countries

Author:Che Guevara

“A country like Belgium, or socialist countries in central Europe spend more money on art education than the United States, which is a really puzzling thought.”

Art Country States United United States Europe More Money Socialist Belgium Art Education Puzzling Socialist Countries

Author:Mikhail Baryshnikov

“The historical experience of socialist countries has sadly demonstrated that collectivism does not do away with alienation but rather increases it, adding to it a lack of basic necessities and economic inefficiency.”

Doe Country Economic Increase Historical Socialism Socialist Alienation Collectivism Inefficiency Socialist Countries

Book:The Encyclicals of John Paul II

Source: The Encyclicals of John Paul II

“On the world scene, it is our position that there is a resurgence of socialism taking place. The world's socialist and Communist forces are now on the move to restore socialism in the former socialist countries and to strengthen the existing socialist countries... there is a new socialist world on the horizon, a resurgence of the world revolutionary process.”

World Country Moving Force Process Position Communication Scene Socialism Former Revolutionary Horizon Communist Socialist Resurgence Socialist Countries

Book:Political Affairs

Source: Political Affairs

“In my opinion nothing has contributed more to the corruption of the original idea of socialism as the belief that Russia is a socialist country.”

Ideas Country Philosophy Political Belief Opinion Economics Originals Corruption Russia Socialism Socialist Original Ideas Socialist Countries

Book:It is what I think, 1947-1948

Source: It is what I think, 1947-1948

“A country where a man is afraid to criticise another one is no socialist country.”

Men Country Socialist Criticise Socialist Countries

Author:Enver Hoxha

“Our country and all the other socialist countries want peace; so do the peoples of all the countries of the world. The only ones who crave war and do not want peace are certain monopoly capitalist groups in a handful of imperialist countries that depend on aggression for their profits.”

World Want War Country Certain Peace Groups Depends Profit Our Country Capitalist Aggression Socialist Crave Monopoly Handful Countries Of The World Socialist Countries

Book:Quotations from Chairman Mao Tse-tung (The Little Red Book) & Other Works

Source: Quotations from Chairman Mao Tse-tung (The Little Red Book) & Other Works

“In my opinion, nothing has contributed so much to the corruption of the original idea of socialism as the belief that Russia is a socialist country and that every act of its rulers must be excused, if not imitated. And so for the last ten years, I have been convinced that the destruction of the Soviet myth was essential if we wanted a revival of the socialist movement.”

Source: It is what I think, 1947-1948

“Mangalore, the coastal Indian town where I lived until I was almost 16, is now a booming city of malls and call-centres. But, in the 1980s, it was a provincial town in a socialist country.”

Country Cities Towns Indian Socialist Centre Malls Coastal Socialist Countries

Author:Aravind Adiga

“The political restructuring we pursue in China is aimed at advancing the self-improvement and development of the socialist political system. We will continue to expand people's democracy and build a socialist country under the rule of law in keeping with China's national conditions.”

People Self Country Law Political Democracy Conditions Development Self Improvement China Improvement Pursue Socialist Rule Of Law Political Systems Advancing Restructuring Socialist Countries

Author:Hu Jintao

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