“When the American labor movement rose up in the 1830s to demand higher wages, landed capital did not lock arms with industrial… — Matthew Desmond Copy Share Image
Anywhere you have extreme poverty and no national health insurance, no promise of health care regardless of social standing, that's where you… — Paul Farmer Copy Share Image
I have problems with this very extreme form of capitalism where the pendulum has swung so far in one direction, where the… — Noreena Hertz Copy Share Image
Laissez faire does not mean: let soulless mechanical forces operate. It means: let individuals choose how they want to cooperate in the… — Ludwig von Mises Copy Share Image
If succeeding generations of Americans don't understand the concepts of justice, individual rights, free enterprise, capitalism, sovereignty or national security, there can… — George Nethercutt Copy Share Image
“We're all prostitutes if you think about it. The whole capitalist system is built on meretriciousness. You sell your body or you… — M. Thomas Gammarino Copy Share Image
There’s Socialism and Communism and Capitalism and there’s Feminism and Hedonism, and there’s Catholicism and Bipedalism and Consumerism, but I think Narcissism… — Tony Hoagland Copy Share Image
“Under Socialism, you would not be allowed to be poor. You would be forcibly fed, clothed, lodged, taught, and employed whether you… — George Bernard Shaw Copy Share Image
I find Chinese debates about their political system domestically, but also about China's claims in the international system, to be among the… — Timothy Garton Ash Copy Share Image
“She looked at her note cards and took a breath. "Why I Love America, by Hayley McDonald's. America is the greatest group… — Max Barry Copy Share Image
England was killed by an idea: the idea that the weak, indolent and profligate must be supported by the strong, industrious, and… — Dan Smoot Copy Share Image
“Institutional changes, instead of following the path of a guided arrow, head in different and often conflicting directions: a profitable operating unit… — Richard Sennett Copy Share Image
Political freedom means the absence of coercion of a man by his fellow men. The fundamental threat to freedom is power to… — Milton Friedman Copy Share Image
The American People are witnessing the greatest lie that is cleverly orchestrated by President Obama and his whole administration. President Obama feeds… — Jon Voight Copy Share Image
To paraphrase Karl Marx, the great Karl Marx, a specter is haunting the streets of Copenhagen...Capitalism is the specter, almost nobody wants… — Hugo Chavez Copy Share Image
Prior to the advent of the civilization of the Third Estate (mercantilism, capitalism), the social ethics that was religiously sanctioned in the… — Julius Evola Copy Share Image
“The government never minds having more power, and is always prepared to paper over the problems it creates. An economy not bludgeoned… — Jeffrey Tucker Copy Share Image
Capitalism has destroyed our belief in any effective power but that of self interest backed by force. But even Capitalist cynicism will… — George Bernard Shaw Copy Share Image
It is probably true that business corrupts everything it touches. It corrupts politics, sports, literature, art, labor unions and so on. But… — Eric Hoffer Copy Share Image
Let's take Adam Smith, the patron-saint of capitalism, what did he think? He thought the main human instinct was sympathy. In fact,… — Noam Chomsky Copy Share Image
I'm surprised people are that hopeful about what government can do, because if you believe in socialism, society can run a pretty… — Chris Matthews Copy Share Image
“We who live in capitalist countries tend to take all of this—property rights, free-market pricing, entrepreneurship—for granted, but every socialist country that… — Thomas J. DiLorenzo Copy Share Image
In socialist society certain inequalities in property still exist. But in socialist society there is no longer unemployment, no exploitation, no oppression… — J. Stalin Copy Share Image
“I find that socialism is often misunderstood by its least intelligent supporters and opponents to mean simply unrestrained indulgence of our natural… — George Bernard Shaw Copy Share Image
“Marxian Socialism or state Capitalism, no doubt is the irrefutable paragon of what is a coveting and thus corrupt disposition. For Whatmore… — Daryavesh Rothmensch Copy Share Image
In principle as a philosophy, a model of organising society, Communism has to be respected. As regards the use of certain methods… — Mikhail Gorbachev Copy Share Image
If we don't accept loneliness, then capitalism wins hands down. Because capitalism is all about trying to convince people that you can… — Tilda Swinton Copy Share Image
All the evils, abuses, and iniquities, popularly ascribed to businessmen and to capitalism, were not caused by an unregulated economy or by… — Ayn Rand Copy Share Image
Wars are fought for oil wells and coaling stations; for control of the Dardanelles or the Suez Canal; for colonial pickings to… — Tom Stoppard Copy Share Image
To the masses, the catchwords of Socialism sound so enticing... so they will continue to work for Socialism, helping thereby to bring… — Ludwig von Mises Copy Share Image
Since the Industrial Revolution, we tend to use technology to show our power: you know, we build high-rises, towers, big buildings that… — Ma Yansong Copy Share Image
Resentment is at work when one so hates somebody for his more favorable circumstances that one is prepared to bear heavy losses… — Ludwig von Mises Copy Share Image
The most influential utopian idea of the nineteenth and twentieth centuries was socialism, which has failed everywhere. Under the banner of socialism,… — Steven Weinberg Copy Share Image
It's a terrible cruelty of predatory capitalism: both parents now have to work. A family has to have two incomes in order… — James Hillman Copy Share Image
The characteristic mark of economic history under capitalism is unceasing economic progress, a steady increase in the quantity of capital goods available,… — Ludwig von Mises Copy Share Image
The idea was that those who direct the overall conspiracy could use the differences in those two so-called ideologies [Marxism/fascism/socialism v. democracy/capitalism]… — Myron Coureval Fagan Copy Share Image
While the emphasis on effects became a catastrophe for science fiction, it was a relief for the capitalist culture of which 'Star… — Mark Fisher Copy Share Image
The corporation is the dominant and dominating institution of our time. Governments identify growth and development with commercial corporations and shower them… — Eric Kierans Copy Share Image
We have the knowledge, resources, and capabilities to make global capitalism work in a more inclusive and socially responsible manner while retaining… — John Dunning Copy Share Image
Is it logical to ask how far away are we from the pope explaining that abortion can be justified, "in certain circumstances,… — Rush Limbaugh Copy Share Image