Socialism Quotes

“A socialist society would have to forbid acts of capitalism, and in order to do that it would have to prohibit people from voluntarily exchanging with each other.”

“I have always been a socialist. I believe in the nationalization of industry.”

“To be a socialist is to have a vision of society where the free development of each is the condition for the free development of all.”

“I am a socialist and as such, I am an opponent of all wars.”

“We must build a new world, a world of peace and social justice.”

“Socialism is the Big Lie of the twentieth century. While it promised prosperity, equality, and security, it delivered poverty, misery, and tyranny.”

“History has proven and will continue to prove that the CPC's choice of the socialist path with Chinese characteristics is a correct one that suits China's national conditions and the trend of the times.”

“We should stick to the socialist road with Chinese characteristics.”

“Socialism is not a new idea. It is, in fact, the default condition of mankind. It is tribalism.”

“The price of the necessaries of life is the cost of production, which is, mainly, the wages of labor.”

“Socialism is either international or it is nothing.”

“Socialism, like the ancient ideas from which it springs, confuses the distinction between government and society.”

“The path to socialism goes through democracy.”

“The trade unions are the elementary schools of socialism.”

“There is no 'third way' between capitalism and socialism.”

“The system of private ownership of socially necessary means of production is a source of untold evil.”

“We do not profess to represent the aristocracy... We profess to represent the men of no property.”

“The object and use of the working classes is to make fortunes for employers.”

“Freedom without socialism is privilege and injustice, and socialism without freedom is slavery and brutality.”

“Integral socialism is the synthesis of revolutionary final goal and reformist realpolitik.”