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Some quotes on socialism by historical figures and great thinkers.
Some quotes on socialism by historical figures and great thinkers.
"Socialism is a philosophy of failure, the creed of ignorance, and the gospel of envy, its inherent virtue is the equal sharing of misery."
* "[[Socialist]]s can provide you shelter, fill your belly with bacon and beans, treat you when you are ill, all the things guaranteed to a prisoner or a slave." -- [[President]] [[Ronald Reagan]]
-- [[Winston Churchill]]
* "Socialism is a philosophy of failure, the creed of ignorance, and the gospel of envy, its inherent virtue is the [[income redistribution|equal sharing]] of misery." -- [[Winston Churchill]]
"I've always doubted that the socialists had a leg to stand on intellectually"
* "I've always doubted that the socialists had a leg to stand on intellectually" -- [[Friedrich Hayek]]
* "The trouble is with socialism, which resembles a form of [[mental illness]] more than it does a philosophy" -- L. Neil Smith
"The trouble is with socialism, which resembles a form of mental illness more than it does a philosophy"
* "Socialists cry "Power to the people", and raise the clenched fist as they say it. We all know what they really mean — [[Nanny state|power over people]], [[Police state|power to the State]]." -- [[Margaret Thatcher]]
-- L. Neil Smith
* "All socialism involves [[slavery]]" -- Herbert Spencer
"Socialists cry "Power to the people", and raise the clenched fist as they say it. We all know what they really mean — power over people, power to the State."
* "Of all tyrannies, a [[tyranny]] [[exercise]]d for the good of its victims may be the most [[oppressive]]. It may be better to live under robber barons than under omnipotent moral busybodies. The robber baron’s cruelty may sometimes sleep, his cupidity may at some point be satiated; but those who torment us for our own good will torment us without end, for they do so with the approval of their own conscience." – C. S. Lewis
* "Socialism is based on [[envy]] and eventually always creates a very powerful [[big government]] controlled by very mediocre people who envy any success and destroy it." -- Vlad
== See also ==
== See also ==