" 'Big Government' or socialism is not so much a system for redistributing wealth (it is certainly not a system for creating wealth) but a system for controlling people and competitors. Socialism simply puts power in the hands of the government..."

Author: Lang Hancock

Notes: Speech to the Institute of Purchasing and Supply Management in Canberra in 1978, then published in their journal 'Purchasing and Supply' (June 1978), pp. 12-13. [http://economics.org.au/2012/07/australias-slide-to-socialism/ ]