“We believe that the White race is the Master Race of the earth.”
Fascisms (Race Supremacy)
“There will never really be a free and enlightened State until the State comes to recognize the individual as a higher and independent power, from which all its own power and authority are derived, and treats him accordingly.”
Liberalism (Individual Rights)
"History has proved that only a thoroughly democratic and centralized vanguard party can lead the working class and its allies to political victory.”
Communism (emphasis on working class struggle)
“…the tyranny of the majority is now generally included among the evils against which society requires to be on its guard.”
Liberalism (Minority rights vs tyranny of majority)
“The proletariat will use its political supremacy to wrest, by degrees, all capital from the bourgeoisie, to centralize all instruments in the hands of the state.”
Communism (Overthrowing the Bourgeoise in order to acheive Communist utopia)
"Human rights and fundamental freedoms are the birthright of all human beings, are inalienable and are guaranteed by law.”
Liberalism (Freedom of the individual)
“The proletariat needs state power, the centralized organization of force, the organization of violence, both to crush the resistance of the exploiters and to lead the enormous mass of the population…in the work of organizing [the] economy.”
Communism (power to the proletariat, who will lead the masses)
“In the struggle for daily bread all those who are weak and sickly or less determined succumb…And struggle is always a means for improving a species’ health and power of resistance and, therefore, a cause of its higher development.”
Fascism (Survival of the "fittest," emphasis on species)
“The classical argument for freedom in economic affairs rests on the tacit postulate that the rule of law should govern policy in this as in all other spheres…Freedom of economic activity had meant freedom under the law.”
Liberalism (Free market Economy)
“A revolution is not the same as inviting people to dinner, or writing an essay, or painting a picture…A revolution is an insurrection, an act of violence by which one class overthrows another.”
Communism (revolution by clash of classes)
“Believe! Obey! Fight!”
Fascism (emphasizes unquestioning conformity)
“The authority of the Leader is not limited by checks and controls, by special autonomous bodies or individual rights, but is free and independent, all-inclusive and unlimited…It exists for the people and has its justification in the people.”
Fascism (idea that a leader should have unlimited power (totalitarianism) and exists for the people (state)
“Objective: to consolidate the dictatorship and the proletariat in one country, using it as a base for the over throw of imperialism in all countries.”
Communism (power to the proletariat via dictatorship, overthrow imperialism)
“Outside the State there can be neither individuals nor groups (political parties, associations, syndicates, classes)”
Fascism (Uniformity over individuality)
“History has proved that only a thoroughly democratic and centralized vanguard party can lead the working class and its allies to political victory.”
Communism (Revolution with the elite vanguard as leader)
“The best government is that which governs least.”
Liberalism (little interference in peoples' lives)
“I thoroughly disagree with what you say, but I shall defend to the death your right to say it.”
Bonus: Who said this?
Liberalism (individual expression is protected)
Voltaire
"The most natural privilege of man, next to the right of acting for himself, is that of combining his exertions with those of his fellow-creatures, and of acting in common with them.”
Liberalism (individual freedom to pursue interests)
“France must be given a leader who can see things clearly, plan, know, give orders, act, endure…For parliamentary intrigue…we must substitute method, authority, continuity, and all that dictatorship alone can bring about…”
Fascism (emphasis on order authority, dictatorship)
“Democrat and Republican, liberal capitalist and conservative capitalist, are united in waging war on the working masses, slashing wages, arming the Pentagon to the hilt and stepping up racist attacks.”
Communism (capitalism vs working masses)
"To meet the challenge of the capitalist offensive, the times demand one thing: steadfast revolutionary work.”
Communism (fight and surpass capitalism)
“The weak must be chiseled away…I want a violent, arrogant, unafraid, cruel youth who must be able to suffer pain.”
Fascism (strong vs weak, emphasis on brutality)
“We shall employ agents, circulate tracts, petition the state and national legislatures, and endeavor to enlist the pulpit and the press on your behalf.”
Liberalism (individuals have rights to pursue their interests)
“The word degenerate, when applied to a people, means (as it ought to mean) that the people has no longer the same intrinsic value as it had before, because it has no longer the same blood in its veins, continual adulterations having gradually affected the quality of that blood.”
Facism (empahsis on pure vs. "mixed" blood)
“Everyone has the right to freedom of thought, conscience and religion.”
Liberalism (freedom of the individual)