Capitalism Quote by Ludwig von Mises

“A man who devotes his time and efforts, under his own direction, at his own pleasure, from his own property, in order to “make…

— Seth Daniel Parker

Society must be made to operate in such a way that it eradicates once and for all the desire of a man to become…

— Francois-Noel Babeuf

“They should own who can administer, not they who hoard and conceal; not they who, the greater proprietors they are, are only the greater…

— Ralph Waldo Emerson

“It is as my father says. Men are meant to be ruled. The poor man prefers to associate, in mind if not in body,…

— Philipp Meyer

“In an affluent society there ought to be an income floor under every man below which society will not allow him to go –…

— Pierre Berton

“It was his experience that life worked under the same guidelines as a capitalistic society. In order to get what you wanted, it was…

— Roy L. Pickering Jr

However energetically society in general may strive to make all the citizens equal and alike, the personal pride of each individual will always make…

— Alexis de Tocqueville

I say that man is entitled to his own happiness and that he must achieve it himself. But that he cannot demand that others…

— Ayn Rand

A good man may make the best even of poverty and disease, and the other ills of life; but he can only attain happiness…

— Aristotle

“To organize society in such a manner that every individual, man or woman, should find, upon entering life, approximately equal means for the development…

— Mikhail Bakunin

“Well, I once lived in a town full of ambitious people, people who aspired to having, be it wealth or power. It was an…

— Danny Scheinmann

Poverty, we may say, surrounds a man with ready-made barriers, which if they do mournfully gall and hamper, do at least prescribe for him,…

— Thomas Carlyle