About Socialism and Socialists

12/31/2010 Frank Chodorov

In every country the socialists have become office seekers, aiming to get hold of the reins of government by parliamentary methods, and for no other purpose than to enjoy the prerogatives and perquisites of office, writes Frank Chodorov (1887–1966).

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