Capitalism is the legitimate racket of the ruling class.
Capitalism - Capitalists Quotes
There is always plenty of capital for those who can create practical plans for using it.
Laissez-faire, Supply-and-demand, one begins to be weary of all that. Leave all to egoism, to ravenous greed of money, of pleasure, of applause: it is the Gospel of Despair!
Why is our free-enterprise system so strong? Not because it stands still, frozen in the past, but because it has always adapted to changing realities.
And while the law (of competition) may be sometimes hard for the individual, it is best for the race, because it ensures the survival of the fittest in every department.
The quest for novelty is the essence of capitalist endeavour, as it is of all human progress, and the appetite for adventure is a sharper spur than cupidity. Those who pillory capitalism for “creating artificial needs” strike me as timid and dismal souls. You might just as well denounce Monet for creating an “artificial need” […]
The problem with capitalism is not that there are too many capitalists, but rather, too few.
Capitalism is the astounding belief that the most wickedest of men will do the most wickedest of things for the greatest good of everyone.
Some regard private enterprise as if it were a predatory tiger to be shot. Others look upon it as a cow that they can milk. Only a handful see it for what it really is – the strong horse that pulls the whole cart.
Socialists believe that land, resources and the wealth they generate should be owned, or at least controlled, by the “public,” i.e., the government. Capitalists believe that private property, and the right to use it to generate personal wealth, is the foundation of individual freedom. Socialists believe that the marketplace should be controlled by government, to […]
