{"quotes":[{"text":"The road to evil is paved with socialist intentions.","author":"A.E. Samaan","tags":["collectivism","government","libertarianism","liberty","paternalism","socialism","socialist"],"id":9689,"author_id":"A.E.+Samaan"},{"text":"The world economy would collapse if a significant number of people were to realize and then act on the realization that it is possible to enjoy many if not most of the things that they enjoy without first having to own them.","author":"Mokokoma Mokhonoana","tags":["adage","adages","africa","african","aphorism","aphorisms","axiom","axioms","buy","buyer","buyers","capitalism","childfree","childless","collapse","communism","consumer","consumerism","consumers","credit","debt","deep","democracy","dictum","dictums","economies","economy","enjoy","epigram","epigrams","funny","gnome","gnomes","humor","humorous","humour","insightful","karl-marx","made-me-think","make-you-think","marxism","materialism","maxim","maxims","own","ownership","philosopher","profound","proverb","proverbs","provoke-thought","quotation","quotations","quote","of-the-day","quotes","realization","realize","satire","satirical","satirist","satirists","saying","sayings","selfish-selfishness","socialism","socialist","socialists","south-africa","south-african","thought-provoking","thoughtful","world-economies"],"id":25717,"author_id":"Mokokoma+Mokhonoana"},{"text":"Democratic Socialism is simply Totalitarianism that allows you the illusion of a voice in the matter.","author":"A.E. Samaan","tags":["democracy","democratic","democratic-socialism","freedom","libertarian","libertarianism","liberty","popular-vote","referendums","socialism","socialist","totalitarian","totalitarianism"],"id":37008,"author_id":"A.E.+Samaan"},{"text":"I am first of all a white man, and only then a socialist.","author":"Jack London","tags":["racism","racist","socialism","socialist"],"id":106388,"author_id":"Jack+London"},{"text":"A Socialist State demands precisely the same human symbols as that of Fascist or Nazi, and the same surrender of human liberties if it is to succeed.","author":"Eden Phillpotts","tags":["fascist","liberty","nazi","socialist","state"],"id":117419,"author_id":"Eden+Phillpotts"},{"text":"Democratic Socialism devolves into totalitarian Socialism and eventually into full on Communism as people resist statism.","author":"A.E. Samaan","tags":["collectivist","communism","communist","democratic-socialism","government-regulation","revolution","socialist","statism","totalitarian","totalitarianism","utopian-socialism"],"id":170826,"author_id":"A.E.+Samaan"},{"text":"Every totalitarian Communist considered themselves as a Socialist first and foremost.","author":"A.E. Samaan","tags":["central-planners","collectivism","collectivist","government","libertarian","libertarianism","liberty","planned-economy","socialism","socialist","totalitarian"],"id":172997,"author_id":"A.E.+Samaan"},{"text":"There's something immoral about abandoning your common sense in matters of social importance.","author":"A.E. Samaan","tags":["ethical","ethics","government-policy","libertarian","libertarianism","liberty","moral","morality","philosophy","political-philosophy","pragmatic","pragmatist","realist","socialism","socialist"],"id":190784,"author_id":"A.E.+Samaan"},{"text":"It is incredible that this must be said, but the obvious seems to escape politicized academics, so we must state the obvious: Genocide is deliberate; it is premeditated. There is no genocide without premeditation. The murders are not unfortunate coincidences. This is why it is called 'mass MURDER' and not 'mass MANSLAUGHTER.","author":"A.E. Samaan","tags":["20th-century","communism","communists","ethnic-cleansing","genocidal","genocide","holocaust","holomodor","international-socialism","libertarian","liberty","mass-murder","socialism","socialist"],"id":212822,"author_id":"A.E.+Samaan"},{"text":"LEFTISTS EAT THEIR CHILDREN: The poets, artists, and radicals are murdered first once the 'revolution' actually comes about..","author":"A.E. Samaan","tags":["art","communism","communist","communist-revolution","left-wing","leftism","liberal","libertarian","libertarianism","liberty","poetry","radicals","revolution","revolutionary-spirit","socialist","socialist-revolution"],"id":215958,"author_id":"A.E.+Samaan"}],"pagination":{"page":1,"page_size":10,"total":29,"pages":3,"next":"?page=2\u0026page_size=10"}}