Capitalism Quote by Robert Heilbroner

It's not capitalism that's failing the U.S. but socialism.

— James Cook

Democratic government can rise no higher than the intelligence, purpose and conscience of the individual citizen.

— Ritu Ghatourey

Whenever government assumed responsibility for the security, welfare, and prosperity of citizens, the costs of government rise beyond the point where it is politically…

— Leonard Read

There are cases where government-to-government aid actually has worked. Look at the eradication of smallpox and the near eradication of polio. But these are…

— Jacqueline Novogratz

While admirers of capitalism, we also to a certain extent believe it has limitations that require government intervention in markets to make them work.

— Janet Yellen

The realities of the modern global economy require government to play a substantial role in ensuring the national and economic security of the people.

— Matthew Continetti

“For capitalism to work, we all need one another.”

— Elizabeth Warren

Now, you might say – “But why should we pay people for doing what they’re supposed to do?” It’s a fair question – but…

— Michael Bloomberg

The capitalistic social order, therefore, is an economic democracy in the strictest sense of the word. In the last analysis, all decisions are dependent…

— Ludwig von Mises

“How little one is justified in speaking in this connection of "optimism" and "pessimism" and how much the characterization of liberalism as "optimistic" aims…

— Ludwig von Mises

“Occult Theft,--Theft which hides itself even from itself, and is legal, respectable, and cowardly,--corrupts the body and soul of man, to the last fibre…

— John Ruskin

“Scholars have long debated whether capital markets lead to appropriate levels of saving and investment for future generations.”

— David L. Weimer