Capitalism Quote by Ludwig von Mises

Socialism states that you owe me something simply because I exist. Capitalism, by contrast, results in a sort of reality-forced altruism: I may not…

— Ben Shapiro

I understand by socialism a society in which the aim of production is not profit, but the use. In which the individual citizen participates…

— Erich Fromm

If capitalism worked as the socialists think an economic system ought to work, and provided a constant equality of living conditions for all, regardless…

— Milton Friedman

Some critics accuse capitalism of being a selfish system, but the selfishness is not in capitalism - it is in human nature.

— Dinesh D'Souza

Socialism proposes no adequate substitute for the motive of enlightened selfishness that to-day is at the basis of all human labor and effort, enterprise…

— William Howard Taft

There is an intrinsic linkage between socialism and economic inefficiency.

— Peter L. Berger

In socialism, private property is anathema, and equal distribution of income the first consideration. In capitalism, private property is cardinal, and distribution left to…

— George Bernard Shaw

Socialism is the ideal state, but it can never be achieved while man is so selfish.

— Annie Besant

Socialism proposes no adequate substitute for the motive of enlightened selfishness that today is at the basis of all human labor and effort, enterprise…

— William Howard Taft

The inherent vice of capitalism is the unequal sharing of blessings; the inherent virtue of socialism is the equal sharing of miseries.

— Winston Churchill

After the collapse of socialism, capitalism remained without a rival. This unusual situation unleashed its greedy and - above all - its suicidal power.…

— Gunter Grass

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