#socialist

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. ↗

— Pope John Paul II

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So far I go with the Socialists as to think it a pretty general rule that, where monopoly is necessary, it is better in public hands. ↗

— Frederick Pollock

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Feminism is a socialist, anti-family, political movement that encourages women to leave their husbands, kill their children, practice witchcraft, destroy capitalism and become lesbians. ↗

— Pat Robertson

#capitalism #children #destroy #encourages #feminism

The income tax is a twentieth-century socialist experiment that has failed. Before the income tax was imposed on us just 80 years ago, government had no claim to our income. Only sales, excise, and tariff taxes were allowed. ↗

— Alan Keyes

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I am not a man of my party. I do not talk only to socialists and union leaders. ↗

— Nicolas Sarkozy

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The citizen parties, by an absolute majority, elected a National Socialist Government. ↗

— Fritz Sauckel

#citizen #elected #government #majority #national

In the little hall leading to it was a rack holding various Socialist or radical newspapers, tracts, and pamphlets in very small print and on very bad paper. The subjects treated were technical Marxist theories. ↗

— Agnes Smedley

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Socialists make the mistake of confusing individual worth with success. They believe you cannot allow people to succeed in case those who fail feel worthless. ↗

— Kenneth Baker

#believe #cannot #case #confusing #fail

Then they came for the socialists, and I did not speak out - because I was not a socialist. ↗

— Martin Niemoller

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But we don't have an example of a democratic society existing in a socialist economy - which is the only real alternative to capitalism in the modern world. ↗

— Peter L. Berger

#capitalism #democratic #democratic society #economy #example