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Roy Jenkins

"A social democratic party without deep roots in the working class movement would quickly fade into an unrepresentative intellectual sect."

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"A social democratic party without deep roots in the working class movement would quickly fade into an unrepresentative intellectual sect."

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"And Marx spoke of the fact that socialism will be the kingdom of freedom, where man realizes himself in a way that humankind has never seen before. This was an inspiring body of literature to read."

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"When I joined the Communist movement in 1935 it was based upon the belief that mankind's future was to be found there. Certainly, millions who joined it the world over, like myself, didn't join it for profit."

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"To the biologist the problem of socialism appears largely as a problem of size."

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"The function of socialism is to raise suffering to a higher level."

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"The central planners of Democratic Socialism tighten their noose when people resist their plans and assert their rights. All Socialism is intended to devolve into Communism, and as a result, Totalitarianism."

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"I should tie myself to no particular system of society other than of socialism."

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"For my part, while I am as convinced a Socialist as the most ardent Marxian, I do not regard Socialism as a gospel of proletarian revenge, nor even, primarily, as a means of securing economic justice. I regard it primarily as an adjustment to machine production demanded by considerations of common sense, and calculated to increase the happiness, not only of proletarians, but of all except a tiny minority of the human race."

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"We approach closer and closer to socialism."

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"A social democratic party without deep roots in the working class movement would quickly fade into an unrepresentative intellectual sect."
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