Capitalism Quote by Michael Novak

There seem to be but three ways for a nation to acquire wealth. The first is by war, as the Romans did, in plundering…

— Benjamin Franklin

There seems to be three ways for a nation to acquire wealth: the first is by war...this is robbery; the second by commerce, which…

— Benjamin Franklin

“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

The wealth of society is created by the workers, peasants and working intellectuals. If they take their destiny into their own hands, follow a…

— Mao Zedong

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

“We need to start by asking one very simple question: where does wealth come from? The answer, as we’ve seen, is that it is…

— Don Watkins

Wealth is not a given or an accident of history. It is not bestowed on us like rain from above. It is the product…

— Llewellyn Rockwell

I believe that any society that allows the creation of legitimate wealth expects that the wealth be used for its benefit.

— Rohini Nilekani

There are few problems in the world that economic prosperitycannot help solve. Yet the engines of that prosperity are under fierceattack. The forces that…

— Ziad K. Abdelnour

Socialism takes and redistributes wealth, but it is utterly incapable of creating wealth.

— Leonard Read

There's no necessary connection between maximizing social utility or economic wealth and creating a flourishing democracy. The first does not guarantee the second. The…

— Michael Sandel

Wealth is a form of power in our society. With great power comes great responsibility. If you have too much wealth, ipso facto, you…

— Will Self