Arundhati Roy Quotes

The issue is Socialism versus Capitalism. I am for Socialism because I am for humanity. We have been cursed with the reign of gold long enough. Money constitutes no proper basis of civilization. The time has come to regenerate society - we are on the eve of universal change.

Why is it always the "intelligent" people who are socialists?

The strongest argument for socialism is that it sounds good. The strongest argument against socialism is that it doesn't work. But those who live by words will always have a soft spot in their hearts for socialism because it sounds so good.

Socialism: nothing more than the theory that the slave is always more virtuous than his master.

Socialism is not a science, a sociology in miniature: it is a cry of pain.

Socialism is an insurance policy bought by all the members of a national economy to shield them from risk. But the result is to shield them from knowledge of the real dangers and opportunities.

Socialist democracy is not a luxury but an absolute, essential necessity for overthrowing capitalism and building socialism.

If I had to be anything," he told her, "I'd probably be a socialist, but I don't want to be anything.

Socialism without public ownership is nothing but a fantastic apology.

A society that chooses between capitalism and socialism does not choose between two social systems; it chooses between social cooperation and the disintegration of society. Socialism is not an alternative to capitalism; it is an alternative to any system under which men can live as human beings.

I am opposed to socialism because it dreams ingenuously of good, truth, beauty, and equal rights.

Capitalism is the way of the devil and exploitation. If you really want to look at things through the eyes of Jesus Christ -- who I think was the first socialist -- only socialism can really create a genuine society.

They do say that socialism is the ideal philosophy-just as long as you have capitalists to pay for it.

Just as feudalism was an advance over slavery, and capitalism was the next step after feudalism, socialism is the next step after capitalism...........Socialism in America will come through the ballot box.

The issue is Socialism versus Capitalism. I am for Socialism because I am for humanity.

The socialistic conception of the West was born in an environment reeking with violence.

Socialism is a monster which will die.

All socialism involves slavery. That which fundamentally distinguishes the slave is that he labours under coercion to satisfy anothers desires.

I find that socialism is often misunderstood by its least intelligent supporters and opponents to mean simply unrestrained indulgence of our natural propensity to heave bricks at respectable persons.

I think we need to think of capitalism as a very bad way of organizing communism. Much of what we do is already communism, so just expand it.

There can be no immaculate conception of socialism.

I am a socialist in ideology, a capitalist in methodology.

To a certain extent I don't see any real need for socialism in the United States immediately, but things change and it may be that there will come a need for partial changes in our economy.

Socialists have always spent much of their time seeking new titles for their beliefs, because the old versions so quickly become outdated and discredited.

There is only one hope for mankind - and that is democratic Socialism.