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Profit Quotes

There can be no rise in the value of labour without a fall of profits.

David Ricardo (1821). “On the Principles of Political Economy, and Taxation”, p.31

We must take the profit out of war.

Smedley Butler, Mark Twain, Bertrand Russell (2015). “War is a Racket!: And Other Essential Reading”, p.71, The Forlorn Press

The concept of profit maximization is, in fact, meaningless.

Peter Drucker (2013). “People and Performance”, p.88, Routledge

Entrepreneurial profit is the expression of the value of what the entrepreneur contributes to production.

Joseph A. Schumpeter (2011). “The Theory of Economic Development: An Inquiry into Profits, Capital, Credit, Interest, and the Business Cycle”, p.153, Transaction Publishers

Unless we change direction, models show that the profit of the entire consumer goods sector could be wiped out by 2050.

"Rio+20: Unilever CEO on the need to battle on to save the world" by Jo Confino, www.theguardian.com. June 21, 2012.

The greatest human achievements have never been for profit.

Unpublished letter to the "Providence Journal" (13 April 1934), quoted in "Collected Essays, Volume 5: Philosophy", edited by J. T. Joshi, (pp. 115-116), 1976.

The entire socioeconomic system is based on production for profit and a growth imperative that cannot be sustained.

"Global Warming and the Future of Humanity: An Interview With Noam Chomsky and Graciela Chichilnisky". Interview with C.J. Polychroniou, www.truth-out.org. September 17, 2016.