Capitalism Quote by Ayn Rand

“A world of fully developed individuals is immune to the cult of collectivism.”

— Bryant McGill

I think a major reason why intellectuals tend to move towards collectivism is that the collectivist answer is a simple one. If there's something…

— Milton Friedman

I am not an individualist in the Western sense. Collectivism can become oppressive when it tries to dictate; the rights of the two should…

— Asghar Ali Engineer

Collectivism holds that the individual has no rights, that his life and work belong to the group (to "society," to the tribe, the state,…

— Ayn Rand

The argument for collectivism is simple if false; it is an immediate emotional argument. The argument for individualism is subtle and sophisticated; it is…

— Milton Friedman

The individual cannot exist on his/her own and the collectivism should respect freedom of conscience. My struggle is about the freedom of thought.

— Asghar Ali Engineer

I don't envisage collectivism. There is no such animal, it is always individualism, sometimes the rest vote and sometimes they do not, and if…

— Gertrude Stein

The historical experience of socialist countries has sadly demonstrated that collectivism does not do away with alienation but rather increases it, adding to it…

— Pope John Paul II

Through the inevitable mismanagement of resources and goods at the disposal of the state, all forms of collectivism lead eventually to tyranny.

— Friedrich August von Hayek

“Collectivism leads to concentration camps, leader worship and war.”

— George Orwell

“In arguing against free enterprise capitalism, the collectivist always adopts the false assumption of a fixed number of jobs in that system. Conversely, in…

— Isabel Paterson

“Collectivists begin by proclaiming a revolutionary principle - the abolition of private property - and then they deny it, no sooner than proclaimed, by…

— Pyotr Kropotkin