Cold War Vocabulary

Instructions: Define each term. Then, using the internet, find a quote (from a famous
person) that supports the term and find another quote that speaks against this term.
Term Definition Pro Quote Anti Quote
Capitalism
An economic and
political system in
which a country's
trade and industry
are controlled by
private owners for
profit, rather than
by the state.
Capitalism is
the astounding
belief that the
most wickedest
of men will do
the most
wickedest of
things for the
greatest good of
everyone.
Capitalism has
destroyed our
belief in any
effective power
but that of self
interest backed by
force.
Socialism
A political and
economic theory
of social
organization that
advocates that the
means of
production,
distribution, and
exchange should
be owned or
regulated by the
community as a
whole.
Every reasonable
human being
should be a
moderate
Socialist.
Thomas Mann
The difference
between a
contemporary
liberal and a
socialist is that
to a liberal the
most beautiful
word in the
English
language is
'forbidden',
whereas to a
socialist the
most beautiful
word is
'compulsory'.
John McCarthy
Democracy
A system of
government by the
whole population
or all the eligible
members of a
state, typically
through elected
So, two cheers for
Democracy: one
because it admits
variety and two
because it permits
criticism.
E.M. Forster
We have been
weakened in
our resistance
to the
professional
anti-
representatives.
Communists
because we
know in our
hearts that our
so-called
democ racy
has excluded
millions of
citiens from a
normal life
and the
normal
!merican
privile"es of
health,
housin" and
education.
Agnes E. Meyer
Totalitarianism
Totalitarianism or
totalitarian state is
a concept used by
some political
scientists to
describe a political
system in which
the state holds
total authority over
the society and
seeks to control all
aspects of public
and private life
wherever
possible.
Propaganda is
to a democracy
what the
bludgeon is to a
totalitarian
state.
Noam Chomsky
The savior who
wants to turn
men into angels
is as much a
hater of human
nature as the
totalitarian
despot who
wants to turn
them into
puppets.
Eric Hoffer
Freedom
The power or right
to act, speak, or
think as one wants
without hindrance
or restraint.
For to be free is
not merely to
cast off one's
chains, but to
live in a way
that respects
and enhances
the freedom of
Emancipate
yourselves from
mental slavery,
none but
ourselves can free
our minds!
Bob Marley
others.
Nelson Mandela
quality
The state of being
eual, especially
in status, rights,
and opportunities.
efore !od we
are all e"ually
wise # and
e"ually foolish.
Albert Einstein
Socialism is a
philosophy of failure,
the creed of
ignorance, and the
gospel of envy, its
inherent virtue is the
equal sharing of
misery.
Winston Churchill
Indi!idualism
The habit or
principle of being
independent and
self!reliant.
$rt is the most
intense mode of
individualism
that the world
has known.
Oscar Wilde
For too long in this
society, we have
celebrated
unrestrained
individualism over
common
community.
Joe Biden
Collecti!ism