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If Socialism can only be realized when the intellectual development of all the people permits it, then we shall not see Socialism for at least five hundred years.

When one makes a Revolution, one cannot mark time; one must always go forward - or go back. He who now talks about the 'freedom of the press' goes backward, and halts our headlong course towards Socialism.

Under socialism all will govern in turn and will soon become accustomed to no one governing.

The goal of socialism is communism.

Democracy is indispensable to socialism.

Socialism is practical, in the best sense of the term; a living, vital force of inestimable value to society.

But Socialism, alone, can bring self-determination of their peoples.

Capitalism is war; socialism is peace.

International socialism recognizes the right of free independent nations, with equal rights.

The function of socialism is to raise suffering to a higher level.

And Marx spoke of the fact that socialism will be the kingdom of freedom, where man realizes himself in a way that humankind has never seen before. This was an inspiring body of literature to read.

For us, Marxism is always open because there are always new xperiences, there are always new facts, including facts about the past, which have to be incorporated in the corpus of scientific socialism.

The meaning of peace is the absence of opposition to socialism.

Democracy is the road to socialism.

We modern Marxists regard socialism as a historically brief transitional stage between feudalism and capitalism, necessary only in backward countries.

I suppose not everyone has a dad who wrote a book saying he didn't believe in the Parliamentary road to socialism.

The only differences one can and should allow in socialism are between hard working people and idlers and between honest people and dishonest people.

Now a great debate has been born. The thesis is Democratic Socialism. The antithesis is free-market capitalism. The Obama Democrats have posed the challenge. It is now up to the Republicans to pick it up and fight along these lines.

Socialism is a fraud, a comedy, a phantom, a blackmail.

Socialism is... not only a way of life, but a certain scientific approach to social and economic problems.