Capitalist Quotes - Page 3

• Moreover, there is an unearned increment on capital and on labor, due to the presence, around the capitalist and the laborer, of a great, industrious, and prosperous society.

  William Graham Sumner

  Labor, Dues, Industrious

  William Graham Sumner (1903). “What Social Classes Owe to Each Other”, p.43, Ludwig von Mises Institute

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• Venture capitalists are like lemmings jumping on the software bandwagon.

  Adam Osborne

  Jumping, Entrepreneur, Decision

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• At Leeds the idea of an international labour organization appeared in a trade-union text which also drew attention to the danger to the working classes inherent in the existence of international capitalist competition.

  Leon Jouhaux

  Class, Organization, Ideas

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• First of all, in terms of investment in Internet-related developments, venture capitalists - once burned - are now very cautious and are investing in areas that actually make business sense.

  Vinton Cerf

  Entrepreneur, Decision, Investing

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• Every thoughtful and kind-hearted person must regard with interest any device or plan which promises to enable at least the more intelligent, enterprising, and determined part of those who are not capitalists to cease to labor for hire.

  Leland Stanford

  Thoughtful, Intelligent, Promise

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• The home stands in contrast to all other capitalist institutions as the last stronghold of pre-capitalist isolation.

  C. L. R. James

  Home, Lasts, Isolation

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• Workers do not strike every day, they cannot do that the way they function in the capitalist economy. The way they have to live by selling their labor power makes that impossible.

  Ernest Mandel

  Capitalist Economy, Way, Impossible

  Ernest Mandel (1994). “Revolutionary Marxism and social reality in the 20th century: collected essays”, Humanities Press Intl

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• But it is also clear that left entirely untouched by public policy, the capitalist system will produce more inequality than is socially healthy or than is necessary for maximum efficiency.

  Barney Frank

  Healthy, Efficiency, Produce

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• Algeria was therefore only the beginning of something that was in development: this is why I say that it's the global capitalist system that finally reacted against us.

  Ahmed Ben Bella

  Algeria, Development

  "For Ahmed Ben Bella, the liberation of the people in the South is still unachieved". Interview with Silvia Cattori, www.voltairenet.org. May 9, 2006.

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• The important part of the present development is the anti-capitalist sentiment that is permeating our people.

  Gregor Strasser

  People, Important, Development

  "The Mind and Face of Nazi Germany" by Nagendranath Gangulee, (p. 165), 1942.

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• It is impossible for capitalists and laborers to have common interests.

  Samuel Gompers

  Struggle, Impossible, Common

  Samuel Gompers (1990). “The Samuel Gompers Papers: The Early Years of the American Federation of Labor, 1887-90”, p.33, University of Illinois Press

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• Make no mistake: The organization of the working class must be both economic and political. The capitalist is organized upon both lines. You must attack him on both.

  Daniel De Leon

  Mistake, Class, Organization

  Daniel De Leon (2008). “Writings of Daniel DeLeon: A Collection of Essays by One of the Founders of American Revolutionary Socialism”, Red & Black Pub

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• In hindsight it may even seem inevitable that a socialist society will starve when it runs out of capitalists.

  Larry Niven

  Running, May, Hindsight

  Larry Niven (2010). “Stars and Gods”, p.363, Macmillan

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• I wonder how many people would have thought at the end of World War II that the capitalist system would be one that was meeting the challenges and making things better for people as we approach the 21st century.

  Sanford I. Weill

  War, People, Challenges

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• If stability and efficiency required that there existed markets that extended infinitely far into the future - and these markets clearly did not exist - what assurance do we have of the stability and efficiency of the capitalist system?

  Joseph Stiglitz

  Efficiency, Stability, Assurance

  Biographical, www.nobelprize.org. 2001.

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• Yes, friends, governments in capitalist society are but committees of the rich to manage the affairs of the capitalist class.

  James Connolly

  Government, Class, Affair

  James Connolly (2008). “Socialism and the Irish Rebellion: Writings from James Connolly”, Red & Black Pub

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• The best way to destroy the capitalist system is to debauch the currency.

  Vladimir Lenin

  Interesting, Distribution Of Wealth, Way

  "Lenin's Lesson for Frequent Fliers" by Matthew C. Klein, www.bloomberg.com. September 26, 2013.

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• Lenin was the first to discover that capitalism 'inevitably' caused war; and he discovered this only when the First World War was already being fought. Of course he was right. Since every great state was capitalist in 1914.

  A. J. P. Taylor

  War, World, Firsts

  A.J.P. Taylor (1996). “Origin Of The Second World War”, p.104, Simon and Schuster

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• The forces in a capitalist society, if left unchecked, tend to make the rich richer and the poor poorer.

  Jawaharlal Nehru

  Rich, Poor, Force

  "Basic Approach," repr. in Vincent Shean Nehru: the Years of Power (1960) p. 295

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• In short, Mr. Ryan’s plan is devoid of credible math or hard policy choices. And it couldn’t pass even if Republicans were to take the presidency and both houses of Congress. Mr. Romney and Mr. Ryan have no plan to take on Wall Street, the Fed, the military-industrial complex, social insurance or the nation’s fiscal calamity and no plan to revive capitalist prosperity - just empty sermons.

  David Stockman

  Wall, Military, Math

  "Paul Ryan's Fairy-Tale Budget Plan". www.nytimes.com. August 13, 2012.

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• These capitalists generally act harmoniously and in concert, to fleece the people.

  Abraham Lincoln

  Wisdom, Live Concerts, People

  Abraham Lincoln (2012). “The Complete Papers And Writings Of Abraham Lincoln (Biographically Annotated Edition)”, p.149, Jazzybee Verlag

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• I believe totally in a Capitalist System, I only wish that someone would try it.

  Frank Lloyd Wright

  Believe, Artist, Wish

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• Under a socialist mode of production all personal incentives which selfishness provides under capitalism are removed, and a premium is put upon laziness and negligence. Whereas in a capitalist society selfishness incites everyone to the utmost diligence, in a socialist society it makes for inertia and laxity.

  Ludwig von Mises

  Selfishness, Incentives, Laziness

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• I don't believe that the big men, the politicians and capitalists alone, are guilty of war. Oh no, the little man is just as guilty, otherwise the peoples of the world would have risen in revolt long ago!

  Anne Frank

  War, Believe, Men

  Anne Frank, Rijksinstituut voor Oorlogsdocumentatie (Netherlands) (1989). “The diary of Anne Frank: the critical edition”, Viking Pr

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• In a capitalist society there are always inequalities of class and wealth. People who inherit money and property will always see themselves as being superior to those who have to work for it.

  Sally Wentworth

  Class, People, Wealth

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