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Socialism proposes no adequate substitute for the motive of…

Quote byWilliam Howard Taft · 1857–1930

Commonly attributed — not confirmed in an authoritative edition. Cited on Wikiquote to: Popular Government: Its Essence, Its Permanence and Its Perils, chapter 4, p.91 (1913)..

English (original)

Socialism proposes no adequate substitute for the motive of enlightened selfishness that to-day is at the basis of all human labor and effort, enterprise and new activity.

— William Howard Taft

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