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The problem with socialism is that you eventually run out of other peoples' money. - Margaret Thatcher

The problem with socialism is that you eventually run out of other peoples' money. Margaret Thatcher

Government, Other, Problem

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

Failure, Equal, Envy

The goal of socialism is communism. - Vladimir Lenin

The goal of socialism is communism. Vladimir Lenin

Goal, Communism

Democracy is the road to socialism. - Karl Marx

Democracy is the road to socialism. Karl Marx

Road, Democracy

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

Equal, Vice, Miseries

Socialism states that you owe me something simply because I exist. Capitalism, by contrast, results in a sort of reality-forced altruism: I may not want to help you, I may dislike you, but if I don't give you a product or service you want, I will starve. Voluntary exchange is more moral than forced redistribution. Ben Shapiro

Dislike, Forced, Starve

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

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

Opposition, Meaning, Absence

Socialism in general has a record of failure so blatant that only an intellectual could ignore or evade it. Thomas Sowell

General, Blatant, Failure

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

Equality, Servitude, Nothing

Socialism has no moral justification whatsoever; poor people are not morally superior to rich people, nor are they owed anything by rich people simply because of their lack of success. Charity is not a socialist concept - it is a religious one, an acknowledgment of God's sovereignty over property, a sovereignty the Left utterly rejects. Ben Shapiro

Religious, Concept, Moral

Democracy is indispensable to socialism. - Vladimir Lenin

Democracy is indispensable to socialism. Vladimir Lenin

Indispensable, Democracy

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

About, Back, Revolution

Socialism is a sacred cause for realizing the demand and desire of the masses of the people for independence; it is a revolutionary cause that advances amid a fierce struggle against imperialism and all other counterrevolutionary forces. Kim Jong-un

Desire, Other, Against

With the development of industrial capitalism, a new and unanticipated system of injustice, it is libertarian socialism that has preserved and extended the radical humanist message of the Enlightenment and the classical liberal ideals that were perverted into an ideology to sustain the emerging social order. Noam Chomsky

Injustice, Humanist

Democratic socialism means that we must reform a political system that is corrupt, that we must create an economy that works for all, not just the very wealthy. Bernie Sanders

Corrupt, Means, Very

We're going to fight racism not with racism, but we're going to fight with solidarity. We say we're not going to fight capitalism with black capitalism, but we're going to fight it with socialism. Fred Hampton

Racism, Going, Black

Democracy and socialism are means to an end, not the end itself. - Jawaharlal Nehru

Democracy and socialism are means to an end, not the end itself. Jawaharlal Nehru

Means, Itself, End

I should tie myself to no particular system of society other than of socialism. - Nelson Mandela

I should tie myself to no particular system of society other than of socialism. Nelson Mandela

Society, Tie, Other

Socialism violates at least three of the Ten Commandments: It turns government into God, it legalizes thievery and it elevates covetousness. Discussions of income inequality, after all, aren't about prosperity but about petty spite. Why should you care how much money I make, so long as you are happy? Ben Shapiro

Income, Happy, Least

The only way to save the world is through socialism, but a socialism that exists within a democracy; there's no dictatorship here. Hugo Chavez

Through, Here, Within

Here's what I don't think works: An economic system that was founded in the 16th century and another that was founded in the 19th century. I'm tired of this discussion of capitalism and socialism; we live in the 21st century; we need an economic system that has democracy as its underpinnings and an ethical code. Michael Moore

Here, Works, Code

I'm tired of this discussion of capitalism and socialism; we live in the 21st century, we need an economic system that has democracy as its underpinnings and an ethical code. Michael Moore

Economic System, Code, Need

No one should suffer from the great delusion that any form of communism or socialism which promotes the dictatorship of the few instead of the initiative of the millions can produce a happier or more prosperous society. Charles E. Wilson

Which, Delusion, Initiative

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

Better, Path, New

The function of socialism is to raise suffering to a higher level. Norman Mailer

Level, Suffering, Function

When we talk about the word 'socialism,' I think what it really means is just democratic participation in our economic dignity and our economic, social, and racial dignity. It is about direct representation and people actually having power and stake over their economic and social wellness, at the end of the day. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez

Participation, I Think

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