Capitalist Quotes

381 Capitalist quotes by 247 unique authors

[I]f you think that American imperialism and its globalised, capitalist form is the most dangerous thing in the world, that means you don't think the… — Christopher Hitchens
We may now have reached a point where this gap in our make-up has become unsustainable; partly because what in the past would have counted… — Dalai Lama
This is the permanent tension that lies at the heart of a capitalist democracy and is exacerbated in times of crisis. In order to ensure… — Tariq Ali
Capitalists' wet dreams is to be involved in charity. — Steig Larsson
Between the Great Depression and the 1970s, private business was viewed with suspicion even in most capitalist economies. Businesses were, so the story goes, seen… — Ha-Joon Chang
The race will find that capitalists and communists modify themselves so much during the ages that they end by being indistinguishable as democrats... — T.H. White
Agent Jones switched to the big screen and a grainy video of MoMo sitting at his enormous desk, a swivel-hipped Elvis clock ticking behind his… — Libba Bray
Except for the small revolutionary groups which exist in all countries, the whole world was determined upon preventing revolution in Spain. In particular the Communist… — George Orwell
donâ€™t believe the war is simply the work of politicians and capitalists. Oh no, the common man is every bit as guilty; otherwise, people and… — Anne Frank
As a child, my idea of the West was that it was a miasma of poverty and misery, like that of the homeless 'Little Match… — Jung Chang
Capitalists are motivated not chiefly by the desire to consume wealth or indulge their appetites, but by the freedom and power to consummate their entrepreneurial… — George Gilder
I don't want you to follow me or anyone else. If you are looking for a Moses to lead you out of the capitalist wilderness,… — Eugene V. Debs
Between capitalist and communist society there lies the period of the revolutionary transformation of the one into the other. Corresponding to this is also a… — Karl Marx
The greatest country, the richest country, is not that which has the most capitalists, monopolists, immense grabbings, vast fortunes, with its sad, sad soil of… — Walt Whitman
The desire for an increase of wealth can be satisfied through exchange, which is the only method possible in a capitalist economy, or by violence… — Ludwig von Mises
For it is an essential difference between capitalist and socialist production that under capitalism men provide for themselves, while under Socialism they are provided for. — Ludwig von Mises
The socialist system will eventually replace the capitalist system; this is an objective law independent of man's will. However much the reactionaries try to hold… — Mao Zedong
Socialist revolution aims at liberating the productive forces. The changeover from individual to socialist, collective ownership in agriculture and handicrafts and from capitalist to socialist… — Mao Zedong
Will capitalist economies operate at full employment in the absence of routine intervention? Certainly not. Are deviations from full employment a social problem? Obviously. — Janet Yellen
A capitalist economy hums when leading businessmen are bubbling with animal spirits and are prepared to sink their money into risky ventures. — Paul Johnson

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