Capitalism Quotes

1122 Capitalism quotes by 511 unique authors

In the moral calculus of currently prevailing state capitalism, profits and bonuses in the next quarter greatly outweigh concern for the welfare of one’s grandchildren,… — Noam Chomsky
To paraphrase Winston Churchill, capitalism is the worst economic system except for all the other forms. — Ha-Joon Chang
When you say 'state' you mean 'national.' National Socialism. That is what Mussolini and Hitler did. National Socialism. State Capitalism. They've changed the name. — Beck
Capitalism and the market are presented as synonymous, but they are not. Capitalism is both the enemy of the market and democracy. — David Korten
Both Marx and Nietzsche understood that moral outrage is the last resort of the powerless. That is why Marx refused to issue moral condemnations of… — Robert Paul Wolff
The media propagates a message that corporations want, and there’s a belittling and mocking of the poor and celebration of wealth. A kind of cutthroat,… — Chris Hedges
Capitalism is a purely cultic religion, perhaps the most extreme that ever existed. — Walter Benjamin
Modern capitalism is just as subversive as Marxism. The materialistic view of life on which both systems are based is identical. As long as we… — Julius Evola
If you want to save capitalism there is only one type of argument that you should adopt, the only one that has ever won in… — Ayn Rand
..where effective competition can be created, it is a better way of guiding individual efforts than any other... regards competition as superior not only because… — Friedrich August von Hayek
Planning leads to dictatorship because dictatorship is the most effective instrument of coercion and the enforcement of ideals and, as such, essential if central planning… — Friedrich August von Hayek
Money is one of the greatest instruments of freedom ever invented by man. It is money which in existing society opens an astounding range of… — Friedrich August von Hayek
What our generation has forgotten is that the system of private property is the most important guarantee of freedom, not only for those who own… — Friedrich August von Hayek
And who will deny that a world in which the wealthy are powerful is still a better world than one in which only the already… — Friedrich August von Hayek
The younger generation of today has grown up in a world in which in school and press the spirit of commercial enterprise has been represented… — Friedrich August von Hayek
Once you admit that the individual is merely a means to serve the ends of the higher entity called society or the nation, most of… — Friedrich August von Hayek
This same economic system, based on short-term growth and endless profits is also the reason for pretty much everything else that is lousy in our… — Naomi Klein
Because it is such a huge crisis, because it puts us on a firm science-based deadline, it's a once-in-a-century opportunity to build a better society… — Naomi Klein
If this really is true, then greed really isn't good, after all. It really isn't the way to maximize the best possible outcome. We really… — Naomi Klein
I still believe that capitalism is too harsh and I believe that, even within that, there is a lot of satisfaction and beauty if you… — George Saunders
You can't talk about solving the economic problem of the Negro without talking about billions of dollars. You can't talk about ending the slums without… — Martin Luther King, Jr.
The way the credit cards were made in the '80s to be a people's form of capitalism and be able to make it so that… — Jim Cramer
We must cultivate and defend particularity, individuality, and irregularity-life. Human beings do not have a future in the collectivism of bureaucratic states or in the… — Octavio Paz
War is capitalism with the gloves off and many who go to war know it but they go to war because they don't want to… — Tom Stoppard
Democrats lead in all the polls by at least ten points, except one.. Fox News. That is with a margin of error of plus or… — Stephen Colbert

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