In England the more horses a nobleman has, the more popular he is. So long as the English are devoted to racing, Socialism has no chance with you.

In effect, according to Lenin, socialism and democracy are indivisible. By gaining democratic freedoms the working masses come to power.

There is the fundamental paradox of the welfare state: that it is not built for the desperate, but for those who are already capable of helping themselves.

The fact is that life has become a sweepstake. Millions of people who have lost the sense of being able to make anything of the collective effort of shaping their economic society, now expect fortune to descend like pie from the sky.

It [Socialism] was a kind of political hockey played by big, gaunt, dyspeptic girls in pants.

What the collectivist age wants, allows, and approves is the perpetual holiday from the self.