Tibor R. Machan Quotes

The Tenth Commandment sends a message to socialists, to egalitarians, to people obsessed with fairness, to American presidential candidates in the year 2000 - to everyone who believes that wealth should be redistributed. And that message is clear and concise: Go to Hell.

For me, true and authentic democracy occurs when the privileged groups assist the unprivileged groups to become more privileged.

…no one should own more than a certain amount of land or receive more than a certain amount of income…

Worrying about the poor is one thing. To contend that equality is necessary for growth is an altogether different and more radical idea.

Creating wealth is not an end in itself. It needs to be shared by all.

What pushes the masses into the camp of socialism is, even more than the illusion that socialism will make them richer, the expectation that it will curb all those who are better than they themselves are.

The idea of social justice is that the state should treat different people unequally in order to make them equal.

I actually believe in redistribution (of wealth)

Socialists will often talk as if some form of superbly equalized destitution were preferable to "maldistributed" plenty. A national income that is rapidly growing in absolute terms for practically everyone will be deplored because it is making the rich richer.

What does 'economic justice' mean, except that you want something that someone else produced, without having to produce anything yourself in return?

The real meaning of economic equality is "To each according to his need."

Egalitarians create the most dangerous inequality of all - inequality of power. Allowing politicians to determine what all other human beings will be allowed to earn is one of the most reckless gambles imaginable. Like the income tax, it may start off being applied only to the rich but it will inevitably reach us all.

Robin Hood had it right.Humanity's deepest wish is to spread the wealth.

If you think spreading money around by force seems like an odd definition of fairness, you're not alone.

Remember, until the 1970s, the spread of democracy has always been accompanied by the decline of inequality. The more democratic our societies have been, the more equal they have been becoming. Now we have the reverse tendency. The spread of democracy now is very much accompanied by the increase in inequality.

'Egalitarians' who complain about inequality view the wealth of the wealthiest as bad in itself: it disfigures society. They would enact a wealth tax to extirpate the offending wealth.

I am a social democrat - I believe in pursuing greater equality and tackling social justice - but... you can't do that unless you have got a strong economy, unless you have got a vibrant business base earning the wealth that makes that possible.

Whereas it has long been known and declared that the poor have no right to the property of the rich, I wish it also to be known and declared that the rich have no right to the property of the poor.

Public action should seek to expand the set of opportunities of those who have the least voice and fewest resources and capabilities.

Justice often means taking power from some who have it and giving it to some who do not.

The paradox of American democracy has been that its slogan of equal opportunity has meant, often, equal opportunity to get power over your fellows.

The social order we have built recognizes no exploitation of man by man. In our country there are no rich people to live at the expense of the workers and peasants. Just as there are no poor people living on the charity of others.

If I had the power I would steal all your royal wealth and give it to Christ’s brothers and sisters.

Fair Shares for All, is Labour's Call

Our goal is a classless society.