Quote of the Day - Socialism Edition

In comments, GrumpyOldFart linked to an excellent piece by "Dr. Zero" at Hotair.com - Socialism: A Hate Story - with the admonition,

I imagine Kevin can pull a QotD from there easily. The difficulty will be in choosing.

How right he was. Here's my choice for today:

One of the most persistent and dangerous illusions of socialism is the belief that money becomes magically virtuous when government handles it.

I think I'll be pulling QotD's from this piece for the next several days.