“Socialism is the extension of democracy to the economic and social life of the society.”— Michael Harrington
“The socializing function of finance capital facilitates enormously the task of overcoming capitalism.”— Rudolf Hilferding
“It is a beautiful revolution... I’m not saying it is perfect, but they are trying to do something for the poor.”— Ben Linder
“We stand for a People's Government that will break the power of the monopolists and landlords.”— Harry Pollitt
“The people have got to be given the hope that there is an alternative to this rotten, decadent, capitalist system.”— Arthur Scargill
“A society that chooses between capitalism and socialism does not choose between two social systems; it chooses between social cooperation and the disintegration of society.”— William E. Simon
“The problem with socialism is that you eventually run out of other people's money.”— Margaret Thatcher
“Socialist spiritual civilization is an important characteristic of a socialist society.”— Jiang Zemin
“The future belongs to Socialism, that is, in the first place, to the worker and the woman.”— August Bebel
“Socialism is the philosophy of failure, the creed of ignorance, and the gospel of envy.”— Neal Boortz