“The main reason for the United States' hostility toward Cuba has been and continues to be this: the fear of a good example.”— William Blum
“We are not just here to manage capitalism but to change society and to define its finer values.”— Tony Benn
“So it is with this great wealth of ours. It has been built up by the toil of the people. It belongs to the people. It should be returned to the people.”— Huey Long
“Charity is a cold, grey, loveless thing. If a rich man wants to help the poor, he should pay his taxes gladly, not dole out money at a whim.”— Clement Attlee
“Charity is a cold, grey, loveless thing. If a rich man wants to help the poor, he should pay his taxes gladly, not dole out money at a whim.”— Clement Attlee
“I am for socialism, disarmament, and, ultimately, for abolishing the state itself... I seek the social ownership of property, the abolition of the propertied class, and the sole control of those who produce wealth. Communism is the goal.”— Roger Nash Baldwin
“The mural is the most disinterested form of art, because it cannot be made a matter of private ownership. It belongs to the people.”— Diego Rivera
“For us there is no minimal and no maximal program. Socialism is one and the same thing: this is the minimum we have to realize today.”— Rosa Luxemburg
“The liberal socialist's case for public ownership is that it is a means of achieving a more equal distribution of property and power.”— James Meade
“It is fundamental to the socialist philosophy that we should plan the use of our productive resources.”— Stafford Cripps
“Socialism is a secular religion, and its failure is a tragedy of the twentieth century.”— Daniel Bell
“The struggle for socialism is the struggle for the emancipation of the working class, and therefore of all humanity.”— Ernest Mandel
“Our goal is to build a socialist society in our country, a society without exploitation of man by man.”— Klement Gottwald