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• Not in the name of a necessary protection of the white race did the European break into China, but for the benefit of the Jewish-mercantile greed for profit. He thus dishonored himself, destroying a whole civilization, provoking justified indignation. China fights for its myth, for its race, and its ideals, as does the renewal-movement in Germany against the mercantile race that rules all stock markets and the actions of most governments.

  Alfred Rosenberg

  Fighting, Civilization, Names

  "The Myth of the Twentieth Century". Book by Alfred Rosenberg, 1930.

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• The variation in the value of money, however great, makes no difference in the rate of profits.

  David Ricardo

  Differences, Variation, Rate

  David Ricardo, John Ramsay McCulloch (1852). “The Works of David Ricardo. With a notice of the life and writings of the author: by J. R. McCulloch”, p.32

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• I will not spend the money for myself. I will rather spend it in special business on a no-profit-no-loss policy. We will also establish an eye hospital where even beggars will be given treatment at the cost of Taka 10-20.

  Muhammad Yunus

  Eye, Loss, Special

  The Daily Star, October 14, 2006.

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• Every product and service is sold on the promise of a better future. The purpose of business is to deliver on the promise, and profit is the reward for doing so.

  Patrick Dixon

  Promise, Purpose, Rewards

  "Building a Better Business". Book by Patrick Dixon, 2005.

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• Despite the array of groups and organizations working on global warming, we are still missing a key element: the movement. Along with the hard work of not-for-profit lobbyists, environmental lawyers, green economists, sustainability-minded engineers, and forward-thinking entrepreneurs, it's going to take the inspired political involvement of millions of Americans to get our country on track to solving this problem.

  Bill McKibben

  Country, Hard Work, Thinking

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• In times of political confusion, and under an arbitrary government, many will prefer to keep their capital inactive, concealed, and unproductive, either of profit or gratification, rather than run the risk of its display. This latter evil is never felt under a good government.

  Jean-Baptiste Say

  Running, Government, Evil

  Jean Baptiste Say, Charles Robert Prinsep (1857). “A Treatise on Political Economy; Or, The Production, Distribution, and Consumption of Wealth”, p.389

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• And let no government imagine, that, to strip them of the power of defrauding their subjects, is to deprive them of a valuable privilege. A system of swindling can never be long lived, and must infallibly in the end produce much more loss than profit.

  Jean-Baptiste Say

  Loss, Government, Long

  Jean Baptiste Say, Clement Cornell Biddle (1851). “A treatise on political economy”, p.238

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• The command of a large sum is a dangerous temptation to a national administration. Though accumulated at their expense, the people rarely, if ever profit by it: yet in point of fact, all value, and consequently, all wealth, originates with the people.

  Jean-Baptiste Say

  People, Temptation, Administration

  Jean Baptiste Say, Charles Robert Prinsep (1857). “A Treatise on Political Economy; Or, The Production, Distribution, and Consumption of Wealth”, p.487

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• Private-equity and hedge-fund guys typically come into a situation of mediocrity, where rapid change may result in a profit.

  Austin Ligon

  Guy, May, Mediocrity

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• The creative instinct has always been a stronger motive than mere profit to do truly new and revolutionary things.

  Phil Karn

  Creative, Stronger, Revolutionary

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• The orthodox doctrines of economics which were dominant in the last quarter of the nineteenth century had a clear message. They supported laisser faire, free trade, the gold standard, and the universally advantageous effects of the pursuit of profit by competitive private enterprise.

  Joan Robinson

  Gold, Lasts, Messages

  Joan Robinson (1973). “Economic heresies: some old-fashioned questions in economic theory”

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• Rosa Luxemburg maintained that the capitalist system can keep up its rate of investment (and therefore its profits) only so long as it is expanding geographically.

  Joan Robinson

  Long, Investment, Expanding

  Joan Robinson (1973). “Economic heresies: some old-fashioned questions in economic theory”

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• All life produces waste. The act of living produces costs, hazards and disposal questions, and so the (Environment) Ministry has found itself in the center of all life, mitigating, guiding and policing the detritus of the average person along with investigating the infractions of the greedy and short-sighted, the ones who wish to make quick profits and trade on others' lives for it.

  Paolo Bacigalupi

  Average, Wish, Hazards

  Paolo Bacigalupi (2010). “The Windup Girl”, p.108, Hachette UK

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• I confess that Magic teacheth many superfluous things, and curious prodigies for ostentation; leave them as empty things, yet be not ignorant of their causes. But those things which are for the profit of men -- for the turning away of evil events, for the destroying of sorceries, for the curing of diseases, for the exterminating of phantasms, for the preserving of life, honor, or fortune -- may be done without offense to God or injury to religion, because they are, as profitable, so necessary.

  Heinrich Cornelius Agrippa

  Men, Evil, Ignorant

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• A successful business maximizes the present value of future earnings. The first requirement, therefore, of business success is sustainable profits. One-time winnings, in business as in casinos, are disappointing. We expect more from our investments than that.

  Stephen Young

  Business, Successful, Winning

  Stephen Young (2003). “Moral Capitalism: Reconciling Private Interest with the Public Good”, p.2, Berrett-Koehler Publishers

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• Ideals and morality are often spoken of as virtual antimatter to the behaviors allegedly needed to maximize profits.

  Stephen Young

  Morality, Behavior, Needed

  Stephen Young (2003). “Moral Capitalism: Reconciling Private Interest with the Public Good”, p.87, Berrett-Koehler Publishers

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• There is, in the heart, the hard-rendering profit. As if we were plucking the leaves from the trees.

  Katy Lederer

  Heart, Tree, Rendering

  Katy Lederer (2008). “The Heaven-sent Leaf: Poems”, Boa Editions

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• Production for sale in a market in which the object is to realize the maximum profit is the essential feature of a capitalist world-economy. In such a system production is constantly expanded as long as further production is profitable, and men constantly innovate new ways of producing things that will expand the profit margin.

  Immanuel Wallerstein

  Men, Long, World

  Immanuel Wallerstein (1979). “The Capitalist World-Economy”, p.15, Cambridge University Press

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• For better or worse, we are the Court of Appeals for the Hollywood Circuit. Millions of people toil in the shadow of the law we make, and much of their livelihood is made possible by the existence of intellectual property rights. But much of their livelihood - and much of the vibrancy of our culture - also depends on the existence of other intangible rights: The right to draw ideas from a rich and varied public domain, and the right to mock, for profit as well as fun, the cultural icons of our time.

  Alex Kozinski

  Fun, Law, Ideas

  "Vanna White V. Samsung Electronics". United States Court Of Appeals For The Ninth Circuit, 989 F.2d 1512, law2.umkc.edu. March 18, 1993.

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• The capitalists of a country which manages to capture foreign markets from other countries are able to increase their profits at the expense of the capitalists of the other countries. Similarly, a colonial metropolis may achieve an export surplus through investment in its dependencies.

  Michal Kalecki

  Country, May, Able

  Michal Kalecki (1971). “Selected Essays on the Dynamics of the Capitalist Economy 1933-1970”, p.85, CUP Archive

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• With joint-stock corporations, investors can place bets on the success of many different companies, without having to play a central management role in any one of them. This allows investors to diversify their financial holdings. It also allows them to capture profits on their investments, without having to get involved in the dirty, troublesome business of actually running a company.

  Jim Stanford

  Running, Dirty, Play

  Jim Stanford (2008). “Economics for everyone: a short guide to the economics of capitalism”, Pluto Pr

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• Proving that profit is economically and morally justifiable, rather than the result of exploitation, has been a central preoccupation of neoclassical economists.

  Jim Stanford

  Preoccupation, Results, Economist

  "Economics For Everyone". Book by Jim Stanford, 2008.

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• The corporation, like the psychopathic personality it resembles, is programmed to exploit others for profit.

  Joel Bakan

  Personality, Corporations, Psychopathic

  Joel Bakan (2005). “The Corporation: The Pathological Pursuit of Profit and Power”, p.69, Simon and Schuster

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• These are the elements of an emerging order that may prove to be as dangerous as any fundamentalism that history has produced. For in a world where anything or anyone can be owned, manipulated, and exploited for profit, everything and everyone will be.

  Joel Bakan

  Order, Elements, World

  Joel Bakan (2005). “The Corporation: The Pathological Pursuit of Profit and Power”, p.138, Simon and Schuster

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• Victory is for them, not for us. We have not made profit out of our country's misfortune. Victory does not bring us luck.

  Ba Jin

  Country, Luck, Victory

  "The Cold Nights". Book by Ba Jin, 1947.

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