Socialism Quotes Flashcards
‘The Inevitability of gradualism’
Beatrice Webb
Webb on society
- Aimed to reconstruct society ‘in accordance with the highest moral possibilities’
- moral justification for socialism rather than economic
Luxembourg on revolution
‘This dictatorship must be the work of the class and not of a little leading minority in the name of the class’
Crosland on equality
Socialism is ‘the politics of social justice’
Pankhurst on capitalism
- ‘it is wrong that people like you should be comfortable and well fed while all around you people are starving’
John Donne on Common Humanity
‘No man is an island’
Webb on revolutions
Revolutions were ‘chaotic, inefficient and counter-productive’
Webb on revolution
‘Guilty of the same problem besettling capitalism - unpredictability’
Crosland on society
‘Society is infinitely more complex than Marx could’ve ever imagined’
Giddens on the economy
The left should ‘get comfortable with the markets’
Mandelson on on the economy
‘We are intensely relaxed about people getting filthy stinking rich … just as long as they pay their taxes’
Rousseau on common ownership
‘Many crimes, wars and murders’ grew from private ownership
Webb on the economy
‘Capitalism is the principle cause of crippling poverty and demeaning inequality’
Luxembourg on capitalism
‘The wall of capitalism is only strengthened and consolidated by social reforms’
Crosland on equality
‘I am sure that a definite limit exists to the degree of equality which is desirable
Crosland on equality
‘We do not want complete equality of incomes’
Marx on capitalism
‘Capitalism promoted exploitation’
Marx on capitalism
Capitalism has instilled a ‘false conciousness’
Marx on common ownership
‘Abolish all private property’
Giddens on the economy
‘Synergy between public and private sectors’
Giddens on the state
‘A hand-up, not a hand-out’
Crosland on the state
‘Profoundly committed to the rule of law’
Giddens on community
‘Achieving control over change… demands and engagement with the outer social world’
Beatrice Webb on the economy and society
‘Poverty is multidimensional’
Webb on the economy
‘The result [of capitalism] is always exploitation’
Webb on capitalism
‘[capitalism] leads to the commodification of everything’
Webb on democracy
‘True democracy cannot exist without economic democracy’
Webb on equality
‘[Equality] means that everyone should have the same opportunities and rights’
Webb on society
‘Foundation of a just society is… a genuine commitment to social justice’
Webb on the state
‘The role of government is… to serve the common good and protect the most vulnerable’
Webb on the market
‘The market is not a neutral arbiter of value’
Webb on human nature
‘Greed is not a natural human instinct’
Webb on social justice
‘A just society…values the collective over the individual’
