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Socialism values equality more than liberty.

— Dennis Prager

Sentiment: POSITIVE

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✓Similar Perspectives

For me, socialism has always been about liberty and solidarity, but also about responsibility.

— Jacques Delors

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

— Karl Liebknecht

Socialism is the same as Communism, only better English.

— George Bernard Shaw

Socialism has no moral justification whatsoever; poor people are not morally superior to rich people, nor are they owed anything by rich people simply because of their lack of success. Charity is not a socialist concept - it is a religious one, an acknowledgment of God's sovereignty over property, a sovereignty the Left utterly rejects.

— Ben Shapiro

Socialism appeals to better classes and has far more strength. Attack the state and you excite feelings of loyalty even among the disaffected classes; but attack the industrial system and appeal to the state, and you may have loyalty in your favor.

— John Bates Clark

Socialism means slavery.

— Lord Acton

✗Opposing Perspectives

Equality is the soul of liberty; there is, in fact, no liberty without it.

— Frances Wright

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

More socialism means more democracy, openness and collectivism in everyday life.

— Mikhail Gorbachev

I believe that all forms of socialism have been proven over time to result in a loss of both economic and civil liberties, with increasing poverty.

— John Mackey