To be ignorant or unconvinced of one's own needs has become the unforgivable anti-social act. The good citizen is one who imputes… — Ivan Illich Copy Share Image
Democracy can hardly be expected to flourish in societies where political and economic power is being progressively concentrated and centralized. But the… — Aldous Huxley Copy Share Image
Capitalism works better from every perspective when the economic decision makers are forced to share power with those who will be affected… — Barney Frank Copy Share Image
There is talk of the failure of socialism, and where is the success of capitalism in Africa, Asia, and in Latin America? — Fidel Castro Copy Share Image
“How people themselves perceive what they are doing is not a question that interests me. I mean, there are very few people… — Noam Chomsky Copy Share Image
“In short, self-rule is workable only when a people are self-sufficient enough to reject the hierarchic system as it stands.” — Eric Robert Morse Copy Share Image
The promise of American capitalism is that it makes people richer, freer and more independent. But since the introduction of Fed, the… — Bill Bonner Copy Share Image
“Those who find it hypocritical of others to use, say, a smartphone, to speak ill of capitalism, needs to be reminded that… — Mokokoma Mokhonoana Copy Share Image
I'm convinced that there's a new way to define capitalism, and that the definition should include three ingredients - that we love… — Biz Stone Copy Share Image
who burned cigarette holes in their arms protesting the narcotic tobacco haze of Capitalism — Allen Ginsberg Copy Share Image
The most eloquent eulogy of capitalism was made by its greatest enemy. Marx is only anti-capitalist in so far as capitalism is… — Albert Camus Copy Share Image
These capitalists generally act harmoniously and in concert, to fleece the people. — Abraham Lincoln Copy Share Image
Under communism, no one would be living in marginal conditions as they do under capitalism today and where the greatest part of… — Alejandro Castro Espin Copy Share Image
Self-dealing, essentially, occurs when managers run companies to line their own pockets instead of those of the companies' owners. It's been a… — James Surowiecki Copy Share Image
“Pick a leader who will not only bail out banks and airlines, but also families from losing their homes -- or jobs… — Suzy Kassem Copy Share Image
Whenever you get involved with talking about rights, you're talking about being a citizen. You're talking about being a citizen in capitalism;… — Maggie Nelson Copy Share Image
That so many of us find it entirely plausible that a vast network of researchers and health officials and doctors worldwide would… — Eula Biss Copy Share Image
Even if the crises that are looming up are overcome and a new run of prosperity lies ahead, deeper problems will still… — Joan Robinson Copy Share Image
As a rule, from what I've observed, the American Captain of Industry doesn't do anything out of business hours. When he has… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
It is a law of nature that everything run by the government will get more expensive and worse over time. Everything run… — Ann Coulter Copy Share Image
“Any human being should be capable of three things to earn such title: live alone, hunt and drive anything with or without… — Robin Sacredfire Copy Share Image
In our society competitive capitalism has put family life and working life on a collision course.In Canada statistics show that over 70… — Jawaharlal Nehru Copy Share Image
“Whoever owned this place, these cities, whoever owned those glittering glassy office buildings in midtown filled with the purr of money turning… — Marge Piercy Copy Share Image
No one is safe from Mattera’s hard-hitting, meticulously reported, and genuinely funny investigative journalism. CRAPITALISM blows the lid off crony capitalism. — Monica Crowley Copy Share Image
Too much capitalism does not mean too many capitalists, but too few capitalists. — Gilbert K. Chesterton Copy Share Image
What [American universities] need, and would much benefit from, is more Marxists, radicals, leftists - all terms conventionally applied to those who… — Grover Furr Copy Share Image
The fight against capitalism has many aspects, particularly the distinctive economic models that concentrate the capital in few hands. — Evo Morales Copy Share Image
Capitalism is our only moral system. All other systems take advantage of man's rights and liberties. — Ayn Rand Copy Share Image
Patrimonial capitalism's legacy is that many people see reform as a euphemism for corruption and self-dealing. — James Surowiecki Copy Share Image
The world’s biggest problem is the unequal distribution of capitalism. If there were capitalism everywhere, you wouldn’t have food shortages. — Rush Limbaugh Copy Share Image
If I was a Marxist I'd call it the crisis of capitalism. Even though I'm not a Marxist, that seems like a… — Charles Stross Copy Share Image
“In the two years after No Logo came out, I went to dozens of teach-ins and conferences, some of them attended by… — Naomi Klein Copy Share Image
If you can't afford the good food or if you can't afford health care or if you don't have a job or… — Marc Maron Copy Share Image
You cannot have good capitalism without freedom. Each is strengthened by the other. — Raphael Warnock Copy Share Image
“Today, it's shameful being poor and unathletic-it's a sign that you're not making it.” — Svetlana Alexievich Copy Share Image
“Abuse of the military metaphor may be inevitable in a capitalist society, a society that increasingly restricts the scope and credibility of… — Susan Sontag Copy Share Image
The purer the application of socialism, the worse the results, the purer the application of capitalism, the better the results. — James Cook Copy Share Image
I often think that the reason capitalism hasn't completely destroyed everything is that a huge amount of anti-capitalist endeavor goes on, from… — Rebecca Solnit Copy Share Image
Knowledge is power. In post-capitalism, power comes from transmitting information to make it productive, not hiding it. — Peter Drucker Copy Share Image