Capitalism Quotes

The inherent vice of capitalism is the unequal sharing of blessings. The inherent virtue of Socialism is the equal sharing of miseries.

Capitalism is God's way of determining who is smart and who is poor.

Capitalism without failure is like religion without sin—it doesn’t work.” ~

'Crony capitalism' has as much to do with real capitalism as praying mantises have to do with real prayer

The new enemies of America, and of the west in general, believe that these countries promote too much autonomy, freedom and justice. They are the opposite of socialism even more than they are the opposite of capitalism.

I'm a registered Republican and consider socialism a violation of the American principle that you shouldn't stick your nose in other people's business except to make a buck.

Is a man not entitled to the sweat of his brow? 'No!' says the man in Washington, 'It belongs to the poor.' 'No!' says the man in the Vatican, 'It belongs to God.' 'No!' says the man in Moscow, 'It belongs to everyone.' I rejected those answers; instead, I chose something different. I chose the impossible. I chose... Rapture.

There is no period in human history in which the ordinary man - the ordinary man - had as great an improvement in his lot in life as in the nineteenth century in the United States, when the government was of trivial importance.

Why is it so difficult for people to grasp the advantages of a free market?... Only a little over a decade ago, the centralized planning of the Eastern bloc was exposed as having created a squalid, poverty-stricken abyss. Meanwhile, corrupt running-dog lackeys of the capitalist system here in America managed to produce a society in which the poorest citizens have televisions, refrigerators, telephones, and the opportunity to appear on the Jerry Springer Show.