今天,在关于社会主义的问题上,我们比以往任何时候都更为深切地认识到这样两个论断的正确:第一,贫穷不是社会主义;第二,没有民主就没有社会主义。毫无疑问,这两个命题本来都是马克思主义的基本常识,在一切社会主义者看来,它们应该是不言而喻的。然而由于众所周知的原因,它对于我们中国共产党人和社会主义事业的所有拥护者来说,它们的意义又是非同寻常的。这两条平凡朴实的真理,正是我们三十多 Today, with regard to socialism, we recognize, more than ever before, the correctness of such two assertions: first, poverty is not socialism; second, there is no socialism without democracy. Undoubtedly, these two propositions are all basic common sense of Marxism. To all socialists, they should be self-evident. However, for its well-known reasons, it is extraordinary to all our supporters of the Chinese Communists and to the cause of socialism. These two simple and plain truth, it is our more than thirty