"his ongoing, radical shift toward socialism and the elimination of freedom for the Venezuelan people."
"Socialist democracy is not a luxury but an absolute, essential necessity for overthrowing capitalism and building socialism."
"'Helping industry' is the elephant pit of socialism, a deep hole with sharp spikes at the bottom, covered over with twigs and fresh grass"
"Many people consider the things which government does for them to be social progress, but they consider the things government does for others as socialism"
"And if the mass of the people do not accept your choice of priorities, no power on earth, even the biggest terror of Stalin, can force them to do the one key thing that you need to build socialism: have a constructive, creative, and convinced participation in the production process."
"Socialism is the abolition of human self-alienation, the return of man as a real human being."
"Well Mr. Dithers, First, I'm not sure that Asani applies. However, when you compare socialism as practiced in Cuba with capitalistic democracy in America, I cannot help but prefer the individualized system of the United States. However, I must admit that I am concerned with what I perceive as a system that favors the corporation over the individual."
"The PDS is still building a wall between freedom and socialism,"
"In practice, socialism didn't work. But socialism could never have worked because it is based on false premises about human psychology and society, and gross ignorance of human economy."
"The failure of Socialism since 1945 is that whilst encouraging us all, the creators of wealth, to produce less through strikes, it has caused us all to demand a higher level of our own product."