Soviet-style communism failed, not because it was intrinsically evil, but because it was flawed. It allowed too few people to usurp too… — Arundhati Roy Copy Share Image
In a socialist society, everybody is obliged to work even though he is remunerated for his labor and not yet according to… — Joseph Stalin Copy Share Image
The NBA has prided itself on free expression. Its players and owners have a well-earned reputation for speaking out on social justice… — Ben Sasse Copy Share Image
“The king who deals harshly with merchants who come from afar closes the door of well-being upon the whole of his subjects.… — Saadi Copy Share Image
I'm just interested in women's friendships generally. It always seems to me, and this is just my pet theory, that women are… — Zadie Smith Copy Share Image
Populism is the simple premise that markets need to be restrained by society and by a democratic political system. We are not… — Molly Ivins Copy Share Image
The truth is, Hillary Clinton's ideas create more income inequality. Why? Because bigger government creates crony capitalism. When you have a 70,000… — Carly Fiorina Copy Share Image
The divestment movement is a start at challenging the excesses of capitalism. It's working to delegitimize fossil fuels and showing that they're… — Naomi Klein Copy Share Image
My own doctrine of organization is that any body of people coming together for a purpose (whatever it may be) should consist… — Benton MacKaye Copy Share Image
“It’s good enough for one word,” said Hunter. “Socialism.” Serge pounded the bar with his fist. “Fuck socialism.” “Don’t say that!” Hunter… — Tim Dorsey Copy Share Image
People know that pain is part of our nature, that it cannot be avoided and that it should not be avoided. But… — Rick Moody Copy Share Image
“The system, in its irrationality, has been driven by profit to build steel skyscrapers for insurance companies while the cities decay, to… — Howard Zinn Copy Share Image
Capitalism, in my estimation, is not about democracy. I think we're beginning to see an understanding of this. We see it in… — Henry Giroux Copy Share Image
While it might surprise many ecologists to hear, capitalism is itself the ultimate form of conservationism. Capitalists seek to conserve resources, not… — Steven Plaut Copy Share Image
“In theory, capitalism is an economic system that allows people to freely trade goods and services in a competitive free market. But… — Martin Adams Copy Share Image
The rise of casino capitalism and the punishing state with their vast apparatuses of real and symbolic violence must be also addressed… — Henry Giroux Copy Share Image
The culture of prosperity deadens us; we are thrilled if the market offers us something new to purchase; and in the meantime… — Pope Francis Copy Share Image
... it's important to have the right monetary policy. It's important for, to have the right fiscal policy. But it's nowhere near… — Warren Buffett Copy Share Image
“This concern for those left behind by the rise of what Pope Francis calls a “savage capitalism” is perhaps the defining mission… — Simone Campbell Copy Share Image
You have to understand: the narrative that people have about business and capitalism is that they are fundamentally selfish, greedy, and exploitative.… — John Mackey Copy Share Image
We have ground for believing that a noble form of socialism existed among the prehistoric and primitive people on this planet, the… — Edwin Markham Copy Share Image
“Capitalism has come, not only to serve Britain's purpose by keeping the people divided, but, by setting worker against worker, it has… — Michael Collins Copy Share Image
“My idea of socialism is no state monopoly. There should be stress on the subjectivity of the human being. You need good… — Marek Edelman Copy Share Image
Capitalism is of this material world; it provides us with the means to live; it empowers us within the known world of… — Stephen Young Copy Share Image
Capitalism can no more be 'persuaded' to limit growth than a human being can be 'persuaded' to stop breathing. Attempts to 'green'… — Murray Bookchin Copy Share Image
Those in power are blind devotees to private enterprise. They accept that degree of socialism implicit in the vast subsidies to the… — William O. Douglas Copy Share Image
For all of its faults, it gives most hardworking people a chance to improve themselves economically, even as the deck is stacked… — Bill O'Reilly Copy Share Image
Nothing-was more degrading than for a woman to have to marry for a home. Love should be the sole reason. Surely those… — Vida Goldstein Copy Share Image
“These people live in many lands, speak different languages, practice different religions, may even hate one another- yet none of these differences… — Milton Friedman Copy Share Image
I think the notion...that liquidity is this - of tradable common stock - is a great contributor to capitalism - I think… — Charlie Munger Copy Share Image
If it turns out that global warming and ocean acidification are consequences of capitalism's carbon-based energy system, the entire world could end… — Paul Craig Roberts Copy Share Image
Free-market capitalism doesn't pick economic winners and losers based on the president's economic nostalgia, and limited-government conservatism isn't marked a top-down ideological… — Rick Wilson Copy Share Image
“Capitalism – which in its purest form is entrepreneurism even among the poorest of the poor – does work; but those who… — Richard Branson Copy Share Image
Once we link up and network, there will be new institutions, new beginnings, and a change in the economy because capitalism is… — Mairead Corrigan Copy Share Image
Communism then defines a society in which there are communal forms for dealing with resources. Many communal forms exist where there are… — Cynthia Kauffman Copy Share Image
The pornographers are not a deviation from the norm. Their presence in the mainstream shouldn't be surprising, because they represent mainstream values:… — Robert Jensen Copy Share Image
The primary social goal of both systems of political economy is for middle-aged men to attract good-looking younger women. Democratic capitalists believe… — Gary North Copy Share Image
The problem with capitalism is that it best rewards the worst part of us: the ruthless, competitive, conniving, opportunistic, acquisitive drives, giving… — Michael Parenti Copy Share Image
“The urge for social justice can only develop properly and be effective when it grows out of man's sense of personal freedom… — Rudolf Rocker Copy Share Image
The first issue to be settled is whether socialism has a right to exist. Are its allegations concerning the present system true?… — John Bates Clark Copy Share Image
