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Can you guess who this quote is from...
Posted on 4/15/14 at 10:36 am
Posted on 4/15/14 at 10:36 am
No fair looking it up. We're all on the honor system up in here...
“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 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.”
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Posted on 4/15/14 at 10:37 am to Zach
That's an easy one. I'll let someone else take a stab.
Posted on 4/15/14 at 10:38 am to Zach
Don't know... somebody who was trying to sound deep but failed, though.
Posted on 4/15/14 at 10:39 am to Zach
Cliven Bundy or Stetsy Bundy?
Posted on 4/15/14 at 10:40 am to Zach
Rand Paul 
Posted on 4/15/14 at 10:40 am to Zach
Zach
Posted on 4/15/14 at 10:40 am to Rex
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Don't know... somebody who was trying to sound deep but failed, though.
Haha, yeah ok.
Posted on 4/15/14 at 10:42 am to Homesick Tiger
Go ahead, Homesick, can't wait to see what Rex has to say about the failure.
Posted on 4/15/14 at 10:42 am to Zach
My guess is Reagan. My second choice would be JFK.
Posted on 4/15/14 at 10:43 am to Zach
I heard Wilkow quote this recently, but I can't recall the source.
Posted on 4/15/14 at 10:44 am to Zach
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Go ahead, Homesick
I have absolutely no idea. I was hoping someone would come up with the right answer that I could agree with. Busted - but honest.
Posted on 4/15/14 at 10:44 am to Zach
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“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.”
Whomever it was, they were correct.
Posted on 4/15/14 at 10:45 am to Zach
I thought it was Churchill, I was wrong so I was impatient and looked it up, turns out it was a Frenchman. Here it is in the original French.
La démocratie étend la sphère de l'indépendance individuelle, le socialisme la resserre. La démocratie donne toute sa valeur possible à chaque homme, le socialisme fait de chaque homme un agent, un instrument, un chiffre. La démocratie et le socialisme ne se tiennent que par un mot, l'égalité ; mais remarquez la différence : la démocratie veut l'égalité dans la liberté, et le socialisme veut l'égalité dans la gêne et dans la servitude
La démocratie étend la sphère de l'indépendance individuelle, le socialisme la resserre. La démocratie donne toute sa valeur possible à chaque homme, le socialisme fait de chaque homme un agent, un instrument, un chiffre. La démocratie et le socialisme ne se tiennent que par un mot, l'égalité ; mais remarquez la différence : la démocratie veut l'égalité dans la liberté, et le socialisme veut l'égalité dans la gêne et dans la servitude
Posted on 4/15/14 at 10:45 am to Rex
Ah what a deep thought from the pile of dog shite.
Posted on 4/15/14 at 10:47 am to OleWar
Alexis de Tocqueville?
Posted on 4/15/14 at 10:49 am to CITWTT
It's from F.A. Hayek ... but he is paraphrasing (and giving attribution to) Alexis deTocqueville.
Posted on 4/15/14 at 10:50 am to NYNolaguy1
You win! And thanks for spelling his name right. I was guessing the spelling in my post. 
Posted on 4/15/14 at 10:51 am to Zach
The wife has a very old print of his book. I got the hint that it was a Frenchman from a post above, so I cheated slightly.
Posted on 4/15/14 at 10:55 am to Zach
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Go ahead, Homesick, can't wait to see what Rex has to say about the failure.
It's not deep because it's a lexical semantic failure. Democracy and socialism have much more in common than just the word equality or even the notion of equality. The quote first constructs a false premise only for the purpose of sounding clever later... and then fails to sound clever.
Posted on 4/15/14 at 10:55 am to NYNolaguy1
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Alexis de Tocqueville?
Kudos to you. Ever have one of those moments when you say "I knew that, wish I'd said it first"?
This was not one of those moments for me. Oh well.
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