Big business Quote by Gilbert K. Chesterton

Big Business and State Socialism are very much alike, especially Big Business.

— Anonymous

The chief difference between free capitalism and State socialism seems to be this: that under the former a man pursues his own advantage openly,…

— H. L. Mencken

While I have questions about the language used in describing the two economic systems, I think people have fairly good gut sense of the…

— Chris Matthews

The term "state socialism" is not precise. Under this term many understand an order under which a certain part of the wealth, sometimes a…

— Joseph Stalin

States can be more or less democratic, and so can socialism. I think any ideal society that exists on a large scale, which is…

— Cynthia Kauffman

Capitalism and socialism are two distinct patterns of social organization. Private control of the means of production and public control are contradictory notions and…

— Ludwig von Mises

Capitalism works better than it sounds, while socialism sounds better than it works.

— Richard M. Nixon

Many understand "state socialism" in this way. Sometimes a system is concealed behind this term in which the capitalist state, in the interests of…

— Joseph Stalin

in a socialist country you can get rich by providing necessities, while in a capitalist country you can get rich by providing luxuries.

— Nora Ephron

State capitalism is about more than emergency government spending, implementation of more intelligent regulation, or a stronger social safety net. It's about state dominance…

— Ian Bremmer

Socialism is nothing more nor less than the social, political and ideological system which breaks the fetters upon economic growth created under capitalism and…

— Earl Browder

There is no difference in principle, ... between the economic philosophy of Nazism, socialism, communism, and fascism and that of the American welfare state…

— Jacob G. Hornberger