Definition of Socialism

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Socialism

A theory or system of social reform which contemplates a complete reconstruction of society, with a more just and equitable distribution of property and labor. In popular usage, the term is often employed to indicate any lawless, revolutionary social scheme. See Communism, Fourierism, Saint-Simonianism, forms of socialism.

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Socialism Quotations

Socialism is a philosophy of failure, the creed of ignorance, and the gospel of envy, its inherent virtue is the equal sharing of misery.
Winston Churchill

The inherent vice of capitalism is the unequal sharing of blessings; the inherent virtue of socialism is the equal sharing of miseries.
Winston Churchill

Democracy is the road to socialism.
Karl Marx

The meaning of peace is the absence of opposition to socialism.
Karl Marx

As with the Christian religion, the worst advertisement for Socialism is its adherents.
George Orwell

Democracy and socialism have nothing in common but one word, equality. But notice the difference: while democracy seeks equality in liberty, socialism seeks equality in restraint and servitude.
Alexis de Tocqueville

Socialism is the same as Communism, only better English.
George Bernard Shaw

When one makes a Revolution, one cannot mark time; one must always go forward - or go back. He who now talks about the "freedom of the press" goes backward, and halts our headlong course towards Socialism.
Vladimir Lenin

The goal of socialism is communism.
Vladimir Lenin

If Socialism can only be realized when the intellectual development of all the people permits it, then we shall not see Socialism for at least five hundred years.
Vladimir Lenin

Socialism Translations

socialism in Dutch is socialisme
socialism in French is socialisme
socialism in German is Sozialismus
socialism in Hungarian is szocializmus
socialism in Portuguese is socialismo
socialism in Spanish is socialismo
socialism in Swedish is socialism

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