"No socialist government conducting the entire life..." - Quote by Winston Churchill
No socialist government conducting the entire life and industry of the country could afford to allow free, sharp or violently worded expressions of public discontent. They would have to fall back on some form of Gestapo, no doubt very humanly directed in the first instance.
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More on Socialism
“In a socialist society, everybody is obliged to work even though he is remunerated for his labor and not yet according to his needs, but according to the quantity and quality of the labor expended.”
“The real case against socialism is not its economic inefficiency, though on all sides there is evidence of that. Much more fundamental is its basic immorality.”
“If we are going to achieve a real equality, the U.S. will have to adopt a modified form of Socialism.”
More on Government
“The most perfect political community must be amongst those who are in the middle rank, and those states are best instituted wherein these are a larger and more respectable part, if possible, than both the other; or, if that cannot be, at least than either of them separate.”
“If voting made any difference they wouldn't let us do it.”
“I know not whether taxes are raised to fight wars, or wars are fought in order to raise taxes.”