Authority Quote by Ludwig von Mises

Intellectuals feel they are the most valuable people, the ones with the highest merit, and that society should reward people in accordance with their…

— Robert Nozick

The first socialists were the intellectuals; they, and not the masses, are the backbone of Socialism.

— Ludwig von Mises

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

Even capitalists must surely admit, that intellectually at least, socialism is a worthy opponent. It imparts intelligence even to its adversaries.

— Arundhati Roy

The masses favor socialism because they trust the socialist propaganda of the intellectuals. The intellectuals, not the populace, are molding public opinion.

— Ludwig von Mises

Socialists tend to want to pay people more money to do less work, and capitalists tend to want to provide better products at better…

— Robert Kiyosaki

“Economic insatiability is as old as money itself, but it has been greatly exacerbated by the institutions of capitalism. Today, it is the business…

— Edward Skidelsky Robert Skidelsky

Different people rise to the top under socialism than under capitalism. The higher on the socialist hierarchy you look, the more you will find…

— Hans-Hermann Hoppe

“Capitalism may be the unequal distribution of wealth, socialism is the equal distribution of poverty.”

— Brian K. Vaughan

“In the vast library of socialist theory, and in all of Marx’s compendious works, there is not a chapter devoted to the creation of…

— David Horowitz

“In a capitalist society there are always inequalities of class and wealth. People who inherit money and property will always see themselves as being…

— Sally Wentworth

If socialism gave more prosperity than capitalism does, I would still prefer capitalism - as it gives more freedom. Luckily, though, I do not…

— Janusz Korwin-Mikke