Daily Inspiration Quote by Slobodan Milosevic

A socialist slogan dressed up as moral housekeeping, this line tries to launder hierarchy into something that sounds egalitarian. Milosevic frames “differences” as inevitable but insists they must be “allowed” only along two axes: work ethic and honesty. It’s a neat rhetorical trick. By narrowing the universe of legitimate inequality, he smuggles in a permission structure for punishment. You can almost hear the bureaucratic click: categories, judgments, consequences.

The intent is disciplinary. “Hard working” versus “idlers” isn’t just about productivity; it’s a license to stigmatize dissent, unemployment, strike action, or anyone rendered surplus by economic chaos. “Honest” versus “dishonest” is even more elastic: in a system where the state controls institutions, “dishonesty” can mean corruption, but it can just as easily mean political noncompliance, independent journalism, or ethnic “disloyalty.” The phrase “can and should allow” signals that the speaker is defining the moral perimeter of the community - and reserving the right to expel.

Context makes the subtext louder. Milosevic rose as Yugoslavia fractured, when socialist language still carried emotional and institutional legitimacy, even as nationalism and patronage were reshaping power. This quote borrows socialism’s moral vocabulary (fairness, solidarity) while preparing the ground for a politics that depended on scapegoats and coercion. It’s not a call to reduce inequality; it’s a map for sorting people into the deserving and the disposable, with the state as the sole referee.