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Socialism has never and nowhere been at first a working-class movement.


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The idea of social justice is that the state should treat different people unequally in order to make them equal.

The idea of social justice is that the state should treat different people unequally in order to make them equal.



If socialists understood economics, they wouldn't be socialist.

If socialists understood economics, they wouldn't be socialist.



There is all the difference in the world between treating people equally and attempting to make them equal.

There is all the difference in the world between treating people equally and attempting to make them equal.



'Emergencies' have always been the pretext on which the safeguards of individual liberty have been eroded.

'Emergencies' have always been the pretext on which the safeguards of individual liberty have been eroded.



The curious task of economics is to demonstrate to men how little they really know about what they imagine they can design.

The curious task of economics is to demonstrate to men how little they really know about what they imagine they can design.



[Socialistic] economic planning, regulation, and intervention pave the way to totalitarianism by building a power structure that will inevitably be seized by the most power-hungry and unscrupulous.

[Socialistic] economic planning, regulation, and intervention pave the way to totalitarianism by building a power structure that will inevitably be seized by the most power-hungry and unscrupulous.



In government, the scum rises to the top.

In government, the scum rises to the top.



Social justice rests on the hate towards those that enjoy a comfortable position, namely, upon envy.

Social justice rests on the hate towards those that enjoy a comfortable position, namely, upon envy.



The more the state "plans" the more difficult planning becomes for the individual.

The more the state "plans" the more difficult planning becomes for the individual.



It is indeed probable that more harm and misery have been caused by men determined to use coercion to stamp out a moral evil than by men intent on doing evil.

It is indeed probable that more harm and misery have been caused by men determined to use coercion to stamp out a moral evil than by men intent on doing evil.





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Always remember that the soundest way to progress in any organization is to help the man ahead of you to get promoted.

Always remember that the soundest way to progress in any organization is to help the man ahead of you to get promoted.



Never be afraid of the world's censure; it's praise is much more to be dreaded.

Never be afraid of the world's censure; it's praise is much more to be dreaded.



Heaven is neither a place nor a time.

Heaven is neither a place nor a time.



In their meditations, the high priests and priestesses of Atlantis had seen that the Atlantean civilization was going to end cataclysmically.

In their meditations, the high priests and priestesses of Atlantis had seen that the Atlantean civilization was going to end cataclysmically.



There's no telling what the score will be if this one goes in

There's no telling what the score will be if this one goes in



Get the best player because whether it's soccer or whether it's anything else the team with the best players wins. So focus your energy on getting the best and getting rid of the weakest.

Get the best player because whether it's soccer or whether it's anything else the team with the best players wins. So focus your energy on getting the best and getting rid of the weakest.



Celebritys a pain in the backside - youre always on display.

Celebritys a pain in the backside - youre always on display.



I know most people don't like their jobs very much and don't get a lot of personal satisfaction from their jobs. That's something that I really do get a lot of.

I know most people don't like their jobs very much and don't get a lot of personal satisfaction from their jobs. That's something that I really do get a lot of.



Enjoy it. Because it's happening.

Enjoy it. Because it's happening.




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