Benjamin Tucker Quotes
Capitalism is at least tolerable, which cannot be said of Socialism or Communism.
Benjamin Tucker, 1854–1939, Political Philosopher, Letters from Benjamin R. Tucker to Ewing C. Baskette (1933-1935)
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Most classic socialists would not agree, but Deng’s approach created the most economically successful socialist economy in history.
The first sentence is often quoted by conservatives in defense of the capitalistic system. However most do not realize that Haldane was actually a socialist who was opposed to capitalism. They were unaware of the second sentence which would make them as unhappy as the first made them happy.
Li was one of the leaders urging force to repress the demonstration. He was particularly offended by the Chinese students carrying the large “Statue of Liberty,” believing that this was an overt attempt to destabilize China. This was not known till the publication of the so-called “Tiananmen Square Papers” in 2001. The Chinese government claimed that these were forgeries.
Ardent socialists make the same complaint—that critics often compare realistic socialist societies with capitalist utopias, and they conclude when reality is considered, socialism is the better system.
Benjamin Ricketson Tucker was an American anarchist. A 19th-century proponent of individualist anarchism which he called "unterrified Jeffersonianism", Tucker was the editor and publisher of the American individualist anarchist periodical Liberty (1881–1908) as well as a member of the socialist First International.
