Socialism Is:

In the history of socialism, no country that has ever tried it has ended up with the desired goal of equality, and
the only way to put everyone on one level economically has universally been to impoverish everyone equally.
Except for the ruling class, of course, who always grow fond of their privileges and their powers.

The inherent vice of capitalism is the unequal sharing of the blessings. The inherent blessing of socialism is the
equal sharing of misery. — 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 misery. - Winston Churchill

"Capitalism is the unequal distribution of wealth. Socialism is the equal distribution of poverty."

Socialism in general has a record of failure so blatant that only an intellectual could ignore or evade it. —
Thomas Sowell

"The reason this country continues its drift toward socialism and big nanny government is because too many
people vote in the expectation of getting something for nothing, not because they have a concern for what is
good for the country. A better educated electorate might change the reason many persons vote. If children were
forced to learn about the Constitution, about how government works, about how this nation came into being,
about taxes and about how government forever threatens the cause of liberty perhaps we wouldn't see so many
foolish ideas coming out of the mouths of silly old men." --Lyn Nofziger

"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 restraint and servitude." --Alexis De
Tocqueville

"The function of Socialism is to raise suffering to a higher level." --Norman Mailer

There is no difference between communism and socialism, except in the means of achieving the same ultimate
end: communism proposes to enslave men by force, socialism—by vote. It is merely the difference between
murder and suicide. - Ayn Rand

" Socialism is the great fiction through which everybody endeavors to live at the expense of everybody else."

The Socialist Party candidate for President of the U.S., Norman Thomas, said this in a 1944 speech: "The
American people will never knowingly adopt socialism. But, under the name of "liberalism," they will adopt
every fragment of the socialist program, until one day America will be a socialist nation, without knowing how
it happened.! " He went on to say: "I no longer need to run as a Presidential Candidate for the Socialist Party.
The Democrat Party has adopted our platform." “The difference between Democrats and Republicans is:
Democrats have accepted some ideas of Socialism cheerfully, while Republicans have accepted them
reluctantly”

In the history of socialism, no country that has ever tried it has ended up with the desired goal of equality, and
the only way to put everyone on one level economically has universally been to impoverish everyone equally.
Except for the ruling class, of course, who always grow fond of their privileges and their powers.