Top 25 Capitalism Quotes of 131 - Page 2

The unpleasant and unacceptable face of capitalism.

The unpleasant and unacceptable face of capitalism.

Edward Heath

Faces, Capitalism

'Hansard' 15 May 1973, col. 1243 (on the Lonrho affair)

Historical capitalism is a materialist civilization.

Immanuel Wallerstein

Civilization, Historical, Capitalism

Immanuel Maurice Wallerstein (1995). “Capistalist Civilisation”, p.47, Verso

I am now a fundamentalist American; give me time and I will tell you why individualism, laissez-faire and the slightly restrained anarchy of capitalism offer the best opportunities for the development of the human spirit.

Rose Wilder Lane

Opportunity, Giving, Laissez Faire Capitalism

The challenge for capitalism is that the things that breed trust also breed the environment for fraud.

James Surowiecki

Challenges, Environment, American Capitalism

"The crowd is smarter than you think". Interview with Todd Leopold, www.cnn.com. July 14, 2004.

Capitalism and the market are presented as synonymous, but they are not. Capitalism is both the enemy of the market and democracy.

David Korten

Enemy, Democracy, Capitalism

"Globalization and After". Book edited by Samir Dasgupta and Ray Kiely, 2006.

Capitalism is a stupid system, a backward system

Stokely Carmichael

Stupid, Revolutionary, Capitalism

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, Capitalism, Has Beens

I prefer the tumult of liberty to the quiet of servitude

Thomas Jefferson

Liberty, Quiet, Capitalism

Humanities education is the worst thing for an industrialist.

Andrew Carnegie

Humanity, Worst, Capitalism

WikiLeaks is designed to make capitalism more free and ethical.

Julian Assange

Wikileaks, Ethical, Capitalism

"An Interview With WikiLeaks' Julian Assange". Interview with Andy Greenberg, www.forbes.com. November 29, 2010.

Laissez-faire capitalism is the only social system based on the recognition of individual rights and, therefore, the only system that bans force from social relationships.

Ayn Rand

Rights, Laissez Faire Capitalism, Recognition

Ayn Rand, Nathaniel Branden, Alan Greenspan, Robert Hessen (1986). “Capitalism: The Unknown Ideal”, p.35, Penguin

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

Norman O. Brown

Dynamics, Enjoyment, Capitalism

Norman O. Brown (2012). “Life Against Death: The Psychoanalytical Meaning of History”, p.273, Wesleyan University Press

Capitalism is the fullest expression of anarchism, and anarchism is the fullest expression of capitalism. Not only are they compatible, but you can't really have one without the other. True anarchism will be capitalism, and true capitalism will be anarchism

Murray Rothbard

Expression, Anarchism, Capitalism