Cheap labor Quote by Jane Mayer

“the freedom money gives the poor man is nothing to the freedom money has given the rich man. With money rich men ceased to…

— H.G. Wells

“Poverty, we have said elsewhere, was the primary cause of wealth. It was poverty that created the first capitalist; because, before accumulating "surplus value,"…

— Pyotr Kropotkin

“Quote of the Day The late Dr. Adrian Rogers (1931-2005) offered the following observation several years ago and it bears poignant significance today: You…

— Adrian Rogers

To say that any people are not fit for freedom, is to make poverty their choice, and to say they had rather be loaded…

— Thomas Paine

“How can wealth persuade poverty to use its political freedom to keep wealth in power? Here lies the whole art of Conservative politics.”

— Ziad K. Abdelnour

“If a free society cannot help the many who are poor, it cannot save the few who are rich. [Inaugural Address, January 20 1961] ”

— John F. Kennedy

“Freedom means not only that our economic activity ought to be free and voluntary, but that government should stay out of our personal affairs…

— Ron Paul

Our great progressive struggles have been waged to make sure ordinary citizens, and not just the rich and privileged, share in the benefits of…

— Bill Moyers

“As long as freedom is paid for in the blood of others, I can truly say it is a commodity that has great value…

— D W Wilkin

“The great hatred of capitalism in the hearts of the oppressed, ancient and modern, I think, stems not merely from the ensuing vast inequality…

— Victor Davis Hanson

“Freedom has a cost, which is borne by individuals who make bad choices, and by a society that feels obligated to help them.”

— Daniel Kahneman

“Gore Vidal, the American writer, once famously described the American economic system as ‘free enterprise for the poor and socialism for the rich’.”

— Ha-Joon Chang