The dynamo of our economic system is self-interest which may range from mere petty greed to admirable types of self-expression. — Felix Frankfurter Copy Share Image
Capitalism, in contrast, has existed for fewer than 300 years. If the entire history of Homo sapiens was a 24-hour day, then… — Jim Stanford Copy Share Image
That is why we may say that the historical development of capitalism has involved the thrust towards the commodification of everything. — Immanuel Wallerstein Copy Share Image
The ultimate credo of capitalism is to exploit people. It's not like this is just an incidental problem; it's inherent in the… — Boots Riley Copy Share Image
What breaks capitalism, all that will ever break capitalism, is capitalists. The faster they run the more strain on their heart. — Raymond Williams Copy Share Image
There are different ways to organise capitalism. Free-market capitalism is only one of them-and not a very good one at that. — Ha-Joon Chang Copy Share Image
The Naked Socialist connects the ancient order of oppression with the modern order of oppression. The Naked Socialist is a fabulous book… — Morgan Philpot Copy Share Image
The plundering of the human spirit by the market place is paralleled by the plundering of the earth by capital. — Murray Bookchin Copy Share Image
I agree with Dreher when he writes, 'we can't build anything good unless we live by the belief that man does not… — Paul Weyrich Copy Share Image
“As long as the capitalist system is dominant, the people of the world will be embroiled in endless crisis, turmoil, conflict, struggle,… — David A. Nibert Copy Share Image
I think there's a real tension between capitalism and morality. That's not to say these systems aren't powerful and useful, but to… — Michael Pollan Copy Share Image
Political economy has disapproved equally of monopoly and communism in the various branches of human activity, wherever it has found them. Is… — Gustave de Molinari Copy Share Image
L'Oreal's slogan 'because you're worth it' has come to epitomise banal narcissism of early 21st century capitalism; easy indulgence and effortless self-love… — Geoff Mulgan Copy Share Image
Parents, teachers, professors, economists, pundits, entrepreneurs, tinkerers and misfits all have to do a better job of unapologetically singing the praises of… — Lisa Kennedy Montgomery Copy Share Image
To pursue a so-called Third Way is foolish. We had our experience with this in the 1960s when we looked for a… — Vaclav Klaus Copy Share Image
“The view of Central America as a region to be kept "safe" for American corporations was naturally not shared by all the… — Stephen Schlesinger Copy Share Image
“The capitalist mind perceives the world purely in terms of material resources to be used for its benefit, to increase productivity and… — Daniel Pinchbeck Copy Share Image
“As many have noted, modern capitalism promises experiential satisfaction through consumption at the same time as it systematically deprives consumers of the… — Simon During Copy Share Image
“Socialism is the fantastic younger brother of almost decrepit despotism, which it wants to succeed; its efforts are, therefore, in the deepest… — Friedrich Nietzsche Copy Share Image
My opinion has always been this, that you ought to never give up as long as you live, even though they have… — Halldór Laxness Copy Share Image
There is a cultural norm on the left of being afraid to declare victory, which is related to the binary of reform/revolution.… — Cynthia Kauffman Copy Share Image
“You know what capitalism produces. According to Marx and Engels." "Its own grave-diggers," he said. "But these are not the grave-diggers. This… — Don DeLillo Copy Share Image
“Don’t you have any concept of individuality?" she asks, annoyed by its presumption at meddling with her internal states. "Individuality is an… — Charles Stross Copy Share Image
“In the conditions of this “New World Order,” a crucial part of the contemporary world economy is a criminal economy, in which… — Todor Bombov Copy Share Image
The twentieth century was marked by two broad trends: the regulation of capitalism and the deregulation of democracy. Both experiments overreached. — Fareed Zakaria Copy Share Image
The idea of power as a possession, whose asset can be banked and drawn on when needed, comes easy to a society… — Elizabeth Janeway Copy Share Image
I'm just wondering, folks, if I gave a speech on anti-capitalism, do you think I could be named Person of the Year… — Rush Limbaugh Copy Share Image
It's perfectly ordinary to be a socialist. It's perfectly normal to be in favor of fire departments. — Kurt Vonnegut Copy Share Image
“Socialism of any type leads to a total destruction of the human spirit and to a leveling of mankind into death.” — Alexander Solzhenitsyn Copy Share Image
Capitalism does a number of things very well: it helps create an entrepreneurial spirit; it gets people motivated to come up with… — Bernie Sanders Copy Share Image
Yes, we're dreamers. We want it all. We want a peaceful world. We want an egalitarian world. We don't want war. We… — Howard Zinn Copy Share Image
The main vice of capitalism is the uneven distribution of prosperity. The main vice of socialism is the even distribution of misery. — Winston Churchill Copy Share Image
I think anytime that you go to the extreme of any mode of economics, be it capitalism or communism, you have these… — Serj Tankian Copy Share Image
The world is falling apart and nobody is there for you, 2020 has shown it over and over again. But American capitalism is. — Annie Lowrey Copy Share Image
If allowed to run free of the social system, capitalism will attempt to corrupt and undermine democracy, which is after all not… — John Ralston Saul Copy Share Image
Capitalists make money by exploiting labor and by externalizing the costs of the wastes produced by the productive process by imposing the… — Paul Craig Roberts Copy Share Image
The terms socialist and communist are mostly about describing the world we want after capitalism, and I think they are both important. — Cynthia Kauffman Copy Share Image
The first socialists were the intellectuals; they, and not the masses, are the backbone of Socialism. — Ludwig von Mises Copy Share Image
The main enemy of the open society, I believe, is no longer the communist but the capitalist threat. — George Soros Copy Share Image
For it is an essential difference between capitalist and socialist production that under capitalism men provide for themselves, while under Socialism they… — Ludwig von Mises Copy Share Image
