#socialism

The market came with the dawn of civilization and it is not an invention of capitalism. If it leads to improving the well-being of the people there is no contradiction with socialism. ↗

— Mikhail Gorbachev

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More socialism means more democracy, openness and collectivism in everyday life. ↗

— Mikhail Gorbachev

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To the biologist the problem of socialism appears largely as a problem of size. ↗

— John B. S. Haldane

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The failure of Socialism since 1945 is that whilst encouraging us all, the creators of wealth, to produce less through strikes, it has caused us all to demand a higher level of our own product. ↗

— Brian Harris

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It's impossible, I think, however much I'd become disillusioned politically or evolve into a post-political person, I don't think I'd ever change my view that socialism is the best political moment humans have ever come up with. ↗

— Christopher Hitchens

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We aim in the domain of politics at republicanism; in the domain of economics at socialism; in the domain of what is today called religion, at atheism. ↗

— August Bebel

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I am convinced that the path to a new, better and possible world is not capitalism, the path is socialism. ↗

— Hugo Chavez

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But Socialism, alone, can bring self-determination of their peoples. ↗

— Karl Liebknecht

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International socialism recognizes the right of free independent nations, with equal rights. ↗

— Karl Liebknecht

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Poverty is not socialism. To be rich is glorious. ↗

— Deng Xiaoping

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