Wen Jiabao Quotes

There can be no socialism without democracy.

Everyday I become more convinced, there is no doubt in my mind, and as many intellectuals have said, that it is necessary to transcend capitalism. But capitalism can't be transcended from with capitalism itself, but through socialism, true socialism, with equality and justice. I'm also convinced that it is possible to do it under democracy, but not in the type of democracy being imposed by Washington.

I recognise that Socialism has ended its purely theoretical course, and that the hour to construct has come.

Socialism's not a word that I use. I say 'social democracy' because I don't think the government needs to own all the means of production.

But Socialism, alone, can bring self-determination of their peoples.

It was not that socialism failed, it was the lack of socialism.

Socialism makes war upon a system not a class…. Labour should capture power, not destroy it.

I'm a socialist.

I'm still committed to the socialist idea because the socialist idea, correctly understood, includes the principles of freedom and social justice. It also includes the recognition of the value of democracy. When we speak about social justice, it means that freedom should be used not only in the interest of profit but also in the interest of the advancement of the people who create all values.

The goal of socialism is communism.

Democracy is not compatible with capitalism but is congruent with a version of democratic socialism in which the wealth, resources, and benefits of a social order are shared in an equitable and just manner.

We who are members of the Communist Party repudiate the exclusive identification of democracy with capitalism. We declare that democracy can be widened, take on new aspects, become truly a rule of the people, only when it is extended to the economic life of the people.

The agricultural and industrial system of a free people, like their political system, ought to be an accurate reflex of the democratic principle by the people for the people, solely in the interests of the people.

Socialism will never substitute one class rule for another …. The aim of Socialism is to do away with rule and exploitation in every form, men becoming free and equal, no masters and servants, but comrades, bothers and sisters.

Well, what are you socialists going to do about me?

Socialism is that policy or theory which aims at securing by the action of the central democratic authority a better distribution, and in due subordination thereunto a better production, of wealth than now prevails.

I think democratic socialism will ultimately prevail in this country because it makes an enormous amount of sense.

Socialism is the only answer and I urge all comrades to take this struggle to a victorious conclusion. Only this will free us from the chains of bigotry and exploitation.

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

Socialism is the completion of democracy, not the negation of it.

Socialism requires that government becomes your god.

Socialism is a fraud, a comedy, a phantom, a blackmail.

Democracy and socialism have nothing in common but one word, equality. But notice the difference: while democracy seeks equality in liberty, socialism seeks equality in restraint and servitude.

Democracy is indispensable to socialism.

The only way to save the world is through socialism, but a socialism that exists within a democracy; there's no dictatorship here.