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" We modern Marxists regard socialism as a historically brief transitional stage between feudalism and capitalism, necessary only in backward countries. "
John McCarthy
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" Slogans rarely convince the unconvinced. However, they do rally the troops already on your side. "
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" Don't try to talk anyone out of concentrating his hatred on Ayn Rand or any other dead person. It can't harm the dead. Diverted to a living person, it might actually do harm. "
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" There is only one thing more harmful to society than an elected official forgetting the promises he made in order to get elected; that's when he doesn't forget them. "
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" The difference between a contemporary liberal and a socialist is that to a liberal the most beautiful word in the English language is 'forbidden', whereas to a socialist the most beautiful word is 'compulsory'. "
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" The slogan was 'Don't trust anyone over thirty'. Sixty years later the slogan became, 'Don't trust anyone over ninety'. "
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" My opinion is that he's a swindler and you're a sucker. "
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" Alas few socialists are either benevolent enough to work hard at these occupations out of benevolence or self-interested enough to work hard at them for money. "
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" When thugs by nature meet thugs by political conviction, 5-0 is not surprising. "
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" Of course, Third World leaders love you. By ascribing third world ills to First World sins, you absolve them of blame for their countries' failure to advance. "
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" Compassion is contempt with a human face. "
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" When I see a slippery slope, my instinct is to build a terrace. "
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" The peace movement is a great force for peace. Some of the world's most quarrelsome people act out their aggressions through the peace movement. "
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