Trish Regan Quotes

Self interest is a masterful agent in modern civilization.

Socialism ruins societies because it misunderstands human nature.

The reason I got involved in public service, by and large, if I had to credit one thinker, one person, it would be Ayn Rand. The fight we are in here, make no mistake about it, is a fight of individualism versus collectivism.

I am not a communist. I do not agree with communism.

Individualism is to collectivism as capitalism is to socialism

There is no bridge, no way of gradual transition between the Communist and the Individualist points of view. These are two sets of mutually antagonistic and irreconcilable ideas.

I dislike Communism because it is undemocratic, and capitalism because it favors exploitation.

Socialism errs in thinking it can force sinful humans to be what they are not. Capitalism errs in thinking that putting sin to good use will transform it into virtue.

The anti-individualist enemies that Ayn Rand battled are still the enemy, but they've shifted their line of attack. Political collectivists are no longer much interested in taking things away from the wealthy and creative.

It's no accident that capitalism has brought with it progress, not merely in production but also in knowledge. Egoism and competition are, alas, stronger forces than public spirit and sense of duty.

True American Liberalism utterly denies the whole creed of socialism.

The chief difference between free capitalism and State socialism seems to be this: that under the former a man pursues his own advantage openly, frankly and honestly, whereas under the latter he does so hypocritically and under false pretenses.

And when you look at the twentieth-century experiment with collectivism-that Ayn Rand, more than anybody else, did such a good job of articulating the pitfalls of statism and collectivism-you can't find another thinker or writer who did a better job of describing and laying out the moral case for capitalism than Ayn Rand.

The argument for collectivism is simple; free market is not.

I think that the future belongs to democracy, but not to capitalism, because they are opposite camps.

Economists love to talk about incentives, but the bottom line is that people hate being controlled or manipulated, even when done through voluntary institutions. This is one of the most important tensions in capitalism.

It is not from the benevolence of the butcher, the brewer, or the baker that we expect our dinner, but from their regard to their own interest.

The reason socialism has failed around the world every time it's been tried is because people in socialist countries have looked at the United States and have said if they can have it that good, we can. It's a failed, flawed ideology, but if you ask socialists why it's always failed, it's because the United States has stood in the way.

Capitalism has destroyed our belief in any effective power but that of self interest backed by force.

Capitalism is at least tolerable, which cannot be said of Socialism or Communism.

While there's capitalism, there'll be socialism, because there is always a response to injustice.

The left is back, and it's the only path we have to get out of the spot to which the right has sunken us. Socialism builds and capitalism destroys.

I can understand Communism, but not Socialism.

Socialism states that you owe me something simply because I exist. Capitalism, by contrast, results in a sort of reality-forced altruism: I may not want to help you, I may dislike you, but if I don't give you a product or service you want, I will starve. Voluntary exchange is more moral than forced redistribution.

Ruin is the destination toward which all men rush, each pursuing his own best interest in a society that believes in the freedom of the commons.