Capitalism Quotes - Page 35

• Capitalism itself is not to be condemned. And surely it is not vicious of its very nature, but it has been vitiated.

  Pope Pius XI

  Vicious, Has Beens

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• The tremendous and still accelerating development of science and technology has not been accompanied by an equal development in social, economic and political patterns …it is safe to predict that… such social inventions as modern-type capitalism, facism and communism will be regarded as primitive experiments directed towards the adjustment of modern society to modern methods

  Ralph Linton

  Technology, Political, Development

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• For capitalism flourishes best in a mobile and egalitarian society

  Francis Fukuyama

  Mobile

  Francis Fukuyama (2006). “The End of History and the Last Man”, p.120, Simon and Schuster

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• What Asia's postwar economic miracle demonstrates is that
  capitalism is a path toward economic development that is potentially
  available to all countries. No underdeveloped country in the
  Third World is disadvantaged simply because it began the growth
  process later than Europe, nor are the established industrial powers
  capable of blocking the development of a latecomer, provided
  that country plays by the rules of economic liberalism.

  Francis Fukuyama

  Country, Block, Europe

  Francis Fukuyama (2006). “End of History and the Last Man”, p.103, Simon and Schuster

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• Modern capitalism appears totally incapable of mobilizing these untapped human and resources.

  Michel Chossudovsky

  Modern, Resources, Humans

  "The Globalization of Poverty and the New World Order". Book by Michel Chossudovsky, 2003.

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• We affirm that the true story of capitalism is now beginning, because capitalism is not a system of oppression only, but is also a selection of values, a coordination of hierarchies, a more amply developed sense of individual responsibility.

  Benito Mussolini

  Responsibility, Stories, Hierarchy

  "Through Fascism to World Power: A History of the Revolution in Italy" by Ion Smeaton Munro, Books for Libraries Press, 1933.

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• Overthrowing capitalism is too small for us. We must overthrow the whole...patriarch!

  Gloria Steinem

  Feminist, Patriarch, Whole

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• Anarchism does not mean bloodshed; it does not mean robbery, arson, etc. These monstrosities are, on the contrary, the characteristic features of capitalism. Anarchism means peace and tranquility to all.

  August Spies

  Mean, Doe, Arson

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• Capitalism can no more be 'persuaded' to limit growth than a human being can be 'persuaded' to stop breathing. Attempts to 'green' capitalism, to make it 'ecological', are doomed by the very nature of the system as a system of endless growth.

  Murray Bookchin

  Breathing, Growth, Green

  "Remaking Society". Book by Murray Bookchin, 1989.

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• Capitalism was the only system in history where wealth was not acquired by looting, but by production, not by force, but by trade, the only system that stood for man's right to his own mind, to his work, to his life, to his happiness, to himself.

  Ayn Rand

  Men, Mind, Wealth

  Ayn Rand, Nathaniel Branden, Alan Greenspan, Robert Hessen (1986). “Capitalism: The Unknown Ideal”, p.181, Penguin

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• It is the basic, metaphysical fact of man's nature -- the connection between his survival and his use of reason -- that capitalism recognizes and protects.

  Ayn Rand

  Men, Survival, Connections

  Ayn Rand, Nathaniel Branden, Alan Greenspan, Robert Hessen (1986). “Capitalism: The Unknown Ideal”, p.17, Penguin

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• Capitalism is a social system based on the recognition of individual rights, including property rights, in which all property is privately owned.

  Ayn Rand

  Rights, Recognition, Individual

  Ayn Rand, Nathaniel Branden, Alan Greenspan, Robert Hessen (1986). “Capitalism: The Unknown Ideal”, p.17, Penguin

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• Capitalism is not the system of the past; it is the system of the future -- if mankind is to have a future

  Ayn Rand

  Future, Past, Humanity

  Ayn Rand (1964). “The Virtue of Selfishness”, p.30, Penguin

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• The moral justification of capitalism does not lie in the altruist claim that it represents the best way to achieve 'the common good.' It is true that capitalism does -- if that catch-phrase has any meaning -- but this is merely a secondary consequence. The moral justification for capitalism lies in the fact that it is the only system consonant with man's rational nature, that it protects man's survival qua man, and that its ruling principle is: justice

  Ayn Rand

  Lying, Men, Justice

  Ayn Rand (1988). “The Ayn Rand Lexicon: Objectivism from A to Z”, p.78, Penguin

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• The enemy of liberal capitalism today is not so much socialism as nihilism.

  Irving Kristol

  Enemy, Nihilism, Today

  Irving Kristol (1995). “Neoconservatism: The Autobiography of an Idea”, p.101, Simon and Schuster

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• I think it is important for all those young out there - who someday hope to play real football, where you throw it and kick it and run with it and put it in your hands - [that] a distinction should be made that football is democratic capitalism, whereas soccer is a European socialist sport.

  Jack Kemp

  Soccer, Sports, Football

  "Jack Kemp, former QB and congressman, dies" by Harry Siegel And Jonathan Martin, www.politico.com. May 2, 2009.

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• It's not difficult in South Africa for the ordinary person to see the link between capitalism and racist exploitation, and when one sees the link one immediately thinks in terms of a socialist alternative.

  Joe Slovo

  Thinking, Ordinary, Alternatives

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• Lets embrace productive capitalism, not casino capitalism, by restoring transparency and true competition in the commodities markets.

  Maria Cantwell

  Competition, Casinos, Commodity

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• I think you hear, at least as an undertone, and it's going to grow louder, is that we believe that capitalism is the mantra of the day and anything that creeps towards socialism is a problem.

  Tim Scott

  Believe, Thinking, Problem

  "Interview with Representative Tim Scott". "The John King, USA Show", www.realclearpolitics.com. January 12, 2012.

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• Unfettered capitalism is a revolutionary force that consumes greater and greater numbers of human lives until it finally consumes itself.

  Chris Hedges

  Numbers, Revolutionary, Force

  Chris Hedges (2013). “The World As It Is: Dispatches on the Myth of Human Progress”, p.106, Nation Books

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• We can speak of the triumph of capitalism in the world, but we cannot yet speak about the triumph of democracy. There is a serious mismatch between the political and the economic conditions that prevail in the world today.

  George Soros

  Political, Democracy, Triumph

  George Soros (2007). “Open Society Reforming Global Capitalism Reconsidered”, p.11, PublicAffairs

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• Creative capitalism takes this interest in the fortunes of others and ties it to our interest in our own fortunes in ways that help advance both. This hybrid engine of self-interest and concern for others can serve a much wider circle of people than can be reached by self-interest or caring alone.

  Bill Gates

  Caring, Self, Circles

  Remarks by Bill Gates at World Economic Forum 2008 "A New Approach to Capitalism in the 21st Century" in Davos, Switzerland, news.microsoft.com. January 24, 2008.

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• It has been true in Western societies and it seems to be true elsewhere that you do not find democratic systems apart from capitalism, or apart from a market economy, if you prefer that term

  Peter L. Berger

  Economy, Democratic, Term

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• The problem of an atomic war must not be confused by minor problems such as Communism versus capitalism. An atomic war would kill everyone, left, right, or center.

  Linus Pauling

  Confused, War, Problem

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• What got us out of the depression was capitalism, and we would have gotten out a lot quicker had the government not intervened.

  Peter Schiff

  Government

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