Capitalism Quote by Johan Norberg

Every economy exists, no matter what the level of democracy, has elements of crony capitalism. It's - given human nature and given the democratic…

— Alan Greenspan

The great dynamic success of capitalism had given us a powerful weapon in our battle against Communism-money.

— Ronald Reagan

America's wealth comes from the efforts of people striving for success. Take away their incentive with badmouthing success and you take away the wealth…

— Thomas Peterffy

The commercial spirit is the spirit of profit, not patriotism; of credit, not honor; of individual gain, not national prosperity; of trade and dickering,…

— Lincoln Steffens

Nevertheless, if we contemplate a society with a somewhat stable wage-unit, with national characteristics which determine the propensity to consume and the preference for…

— John Maynard Keynes

Credit expansion can bring about a temporary boom. But such a fictitious prosperity must end in a general depression of trade, a slump.

— Ludwig von Mises

Yet the true friend of the people should see that they be not too poor, for extreme povery lowers the character of the democracy;…

— Aristotle

I would not trade the difficult years for all the prosperity in the world. God knows what each one of us must suffer in…

— Paul Washer

Student loans have been helpful to many. But they offer neither incentive nor assistance to those students who, by reason of family or other…

— John F. Kennedy

Socialism destroys the incentive to produce, dampens the human spsirit and results, ultimately , in less for everyone.

— David Limbaugh

Biographies of great, but especially of good men are most instructive and useful as helps, guides, and incentives to others. Some of the best…

— Samuel Smiles

The world's industry must gain incentives to stop polluting and to invest in clean technologies.

— Tulsi Tanti