1,338 Quotes About Capitalism

Interest is not an accidental "historico-legal" category, which makes its appearance only in our individualistic and capitalist society, and will vanish with it; but an economic category, which springs from elementary economic causes, and therefore, without distinction of social organisation and legislation, makes its appearance wherever there is an exchange between present and future goods.

The point is, ladies and gentleman, that greed -- for lack of a better word -- is good.Greed is right.Greed works.Greed clarifies, cuts through, and captures the essence of the evolutionary spirit.Greed, in all of its forms -- greed for life, for money, for love, knowledge -- has marked the upward surge of mankind.

For many people the thrill of having more is intensified by the presence of those who have less. Waste is not the issue here. To many greedy individuals, power lies in withholding resources.

In order that a select few might live in great opulence, millions of people work hard for an entire lifetime, never free from financial insecurity, and at great cost to the quality of their lives. The complaint is not that the very rich have so much more than everyone else but that their superabundance and endless accumulation comes at the expense of everyone and everything else, including our communities and our environment.

Many of those who have the most make only the least of what they have.

it is the sensethat something that was alivefor a very long timeis still alive. Not yet beaten intosubmissionor oblivionby those who kill everythingthey touchwith money.

I was asked by a friend of mine if I knew anything about capitalism. I said sure. The first letter of the first word of any sentence is capitalized!

The poorest and the richest are equally obsessed with money.

Man sieht eines im Laden, man trägt einen Traum fort. Dann kehrt man vielleicht um und kauft ? Was kauft man ? Die Sehnsucht bedarf keines Geldes, die Erfüllung ist es nicht wert.