The function of socialism is to raise suffering to a higher level.
Socialism Quotes
Back in the thirties we were told we must collectivize the nation because the people were so poor. Now we are told we must collectivize the nation because the people are so rich.
We warn the North that every one of the leading abolitionists is agitating the negro slavery question merely as a means to attain their ulterior ends… a surrender to Socialism and Communism – to no private property, no church, no law; to free love, free lands, free women and free children.
From each, according to his ability; to each, according to his need.
Socialize the individual’s surplus and you socialize his spirit and creativeness; you cannot paint the Mona Lisa by assigning one dab of paint to a thousand painters.
If the world is lucky enough to enjoy peace, it may one day make the discovery, to the horror of doctrinaire free-enterprisers and doctrinaire planners alike, that what is called capitalism and what is called socialism are both capable of working quite well.
Communism, like any other revealed religion, is largely made up of prophecies.
The inherent vice of capitalism is the unequal sharing of blessings; the inherent virtue of socialism is the equal sharing of miseries.
The history of society, like the lives of men, is subject to ups and downs rendered easier to bear by dreams of a better future, as Marxist critics have vigorously asserted in their criticism of the traditional religions, overlooking the fact that Marxism, too, is open to the same charge.
I have yet to meet (a socialist) who was not as gullible as a Mississippi darkey – nay, as a Mississippi white man.
