B.V. February 2016
Historical quotes about history, capitalism and socialism
“Study history, study history. In history lies all the secrets of statecraft.”
– Winston Churchill
“The farther backward you can look, the farther forward you are likely to see.”
– Winston Churchill
“Socialism is one of the oldest and most often expounded delusions and fallacies which this world has ever been afflicted by. It consists not merely in a general leveling of mankind, but in keeping them level once they have been beaten down.”
– Winston Churchill
“Socialism is a philosophy of failure, the creed of ignorance, and the gospel of envy. Its inherent virtue is the equal sharing of miseries. ” – Winston Churchill
“There are two places only where socialism will work; in heaven where it is not needed, and in hell where they already have it.” – Winston Churchill
“The inherent vice of capitalism is the unequal sharing of blessings; the inherent virtue of socialism is the equal sharing of miseries.” – Winston Churchill
“The main drawback of capitalism is the unequal distribution of wealth; the main advantage of socialism is the equal distribution of deprivations.”
– Winston Churchill
“Some see private enterprise as a predatory target to be shot, others as a cow to be milked, but few are those who see it as a sturdy horse pulling the wagon.”
– Winston Churchill
We contend that for a nation to tax itself into prosperity is like a man standing in a bucket and trying to lift himself up by the handle.” – Winston Churchill
“Socialists think profits are a vice; I consider losses the real vice.”
– Winston Churchill
“It has been said that democracy is the worst form of government except all the others that have been tried.” – Winston Churchill
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“We are socialists, we are enemies of today’s capitalistic economic system for the exploitation of economically weak, with its unfair salaries, with its unseemly evaluation of a human being according to wealth and property instead of responsibility and performance, and we are all determined to destroy this system under all conditions". - Adolf Hitler
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“Nobody saw more clearly than Tocqueville that democracy as an essentially individualist institution stood in an irreconcilable conflict with socialism.
“Democracy extends the sphere of individual freedom,” he said in 1848; ”socialism restricts it. Democracy attaches all possible value to each man; socialism makes each man a mere agent, a mere number. Democracy and socialism have nothing in common but one word: equality. But notice the difference: while democracy seeks equality in liberty, socialism seeks equality in restrain and servitude.””
- F.A. Hayek
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“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.”
― Margaret Thatcher
Bottom of Form
“Socialist governments traditionally do make a financial mess. They always run out of other people’s money. It’s quite a characteristic of them.”
- Margaret Thatcher
“Socialists are happy until they run out of other people's money.”
― Margaret Thatcher
“Good Conservatives always pay their bills. Unlike socialists, who just run up other people’s bills.” ― Margaret Thatcher
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"Коммунизм - это доказательство пользы капитализма от обpатного."
- Anonim
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Ronald Reagan on Socialism "Don't say we weren't warned!"
Ronald Reagan liked to tell soviet anecdotes which describe socialism/communism of the Soviet Union better than anything else. These anecdotes have been forbidden in the USSR. All of them are funny ones.
Historical quotes about history, capitalism and socialism
“Study history, study history. In history lies all the secrets of statecraft.”
– Winston Churchill
“The farther backward you can look, the farther forward you are likely to see.”
– Winston Churchill
“Socialism is one of the oldest and most often expounded delusions and fallacies which this world has ever been afflicted by. It consists not merely in a general leveling of mankind, but in keeping them level once they have been beaten down.”
– Winston Churchill
“Socialism is a philosophy of failure, the creed of ignorance, and the gospel of envy. Its inherent virtue is the equal sharing of miseries. ” – Winston Churchill
“There are two places only where socialism will work; in heaven where it is not needed, and in hell where they already have it.” – Winston Churchill
“The inherent vice of capitalism is the unequal sharing of blessings; the inherent virtue of socialism is the equal sharing of miseries.” – Winston Churchill
“The main drawback of capitalism is the unequal distribution of wealth; the main advantage of socialism is the equal distribution of deprivations.”
– Winston Churchill
“Some see private enterprise as a predatory target to be shot, others as a cow to be milked, but few are those who see it as a sturdy horse pulling the wagon.”
– Winston Churchill
We contend that for a nation to tax itself into prosperity is like a man standing in a bucket and trying to lift himself up by the handle.” – Winston Churchill
“Socialists think profits are a vice; I consider losses the real vice.”
– Winston Churchill
“It has been said that democracy is the worst form of government except all the others that have been tried.” – Winston Churchill
xxxxx
“We are socialists, we are enemies of today’s capitalistic economic system for the exploitation of economically weak, with its unfair salaries, with its unseemly evaluation of a human being according to wealth and property instead of responsibility and performance, and we are all determined to destroy this system under all conditions". - Adolf Hitler
xxxxx
“Nobody saw more clearly than Tocqueville that democracy as an essentially individualist institution stood in an irreconcilable conflict with socialism.
“Democracy extends the sphere of individual freedom,” he said in 1848; ”socialism restricts it. Democracy attaches all possible value to each man; socialism makes each man a mere agent, a mere number. Democracy and socialism have nothing in common but one word: equality. But notice the difference: while democracy seeks equality in liberty, socialism seeks equality in restrain and servitude.””
- F.A. Hayek
xxxxx
“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.”
― Margaret Thatcher
Bottom of Form
“Socialist governments traditionally do make a financial mess. They always run out of other people’s money. It’s quite a characteristic of them.”
- Margaret Thatcher
“Socialists are happy until they run out of other people's money.”
― Margaret Thatcher
“Good Conservatives always pay their bills. Unlike socialists, who just run up other people’s bills.” ― Margaret Thatcher
xxxxx
"Коммунизм - это доказательство пользы капитализма от обpатного."
- Anonim
xxxxx
Ronald Reagan on Socialism "Don't say we weren't warned!"
Ronald Reagan liked to tell soviet anecdotes which describe socialism/communism of the Soviet Union better than anything else. These anecdotes have been forbidden in the USSR. All of them are funny ones.
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Anecdotes told by Ronald Reagan < click to watch
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