Capitalism Quotes

Capitalism is what people do if you leave them alone

Kenneth Minogue

The forces in a capitalist society, if left unchecked, tend to make the rich richer and the poor poorer.

History suggests that capitalism is a necessary condition for political freedom

I believe totally in a Capitalist System, I only wish that someone would try it.

Capitalism knows only one color: that color is green; all else is necessarily subservient to it, hence, race, gender and ethnicity cannot be considered within it

Thomas Sowell

Some people regard private enterprise as a predatory tiger to be shot. Others look on it as a cow they can milk. Not enough people see it as a healthy horse, pulling a sturdy wagon.

Winston Churchill

Advocates of capitalism are very apt to appeal to the sacred principles of liberty, which are embodied in one maxim: The fortunate must not be restrained in the exercise of tyranny over the unfortunate

Bertrand Russell

Unemployment is capitalism's way of getting you to plant a garden.

Orson Scott Card

Capitalism is the astounding belief that the most wickedest of men will do the most wickedest of things for the greatest good of everyone.

John Maynard Keynes

Capitalism needs to function like a game of tug-of-war. Two opposing sides need to continually struggle for dominance, but at no time can either side be permitted to walk away with the rope.

Pete Holiday

Capitalism is the legitimate racket of the ruling class

Al Capone

Capital as such is not evil; it is its wrong use that is evil. Capital in some form or other will always be needed.

Mahatma Gandhi

These capitalists generally act harmoniously and in concert, to fleece the people.

Abraham Lincoln

The dynamics of capitalism is postponement of enjoyment to the constantly postponed future.

Norman O. Brown

Doing well is the result of doing good. That's what capitalism is all about.

Ralph Waldo Emerson

Fascism is capitalism plus murder.

Upton Sinclair

Capitalism is the bastard child of democracy.

Doug Moody

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

Winston Churchill

In the Soviet Union, capitalism triumphed over communism. In this country, capitalism triumphed over democracy.

Fran Lebowitz

Under capitalism man exploits man; under socialism the reverse is true

Polish Proverb

While the miser is merely a capitalist gone mad, the capitalist is a rational miser

Karl Marx

The best way to destroy the capitalist system is to debauch the currency

Vladimir Lenin

Capitalism is founded on greed and envy

Charles Long

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