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Capitalism should not be condemned, since we haven't had...

Capitalism should not be condemned, since we haven't had capitalism.

Quote by Ron Paul about capitalism, haven

Capitalism is this wonderful thing that motivates people, it causes wonderful inventions to be done. But in this area of diseases of the world at large, it's really let us down.

Quote by Bill Gates about capitalism, things, world, people

Capitalism requires people to be pious souls in the...

Capitalism requires people to be pious souls in the workplace and wild pagans at the cash registrer.

Quote by Ronald Chernow about capitalism, saints, people

Capital punishment is as fundamentally wrong as a cure...

Capital punishment is as fundamentally wrong as a cure for crime as charity is wrong as a cure for poverty.

Quote by Henry Ford about bad, punishment, charity, poverty, crime, criminals

A system of capitalism presumes sound money, not fiat money manipulated by a central bank. Capitalism cherishes voluntary contracts and interest rates that are determined by savings, not credit creation by a central bank.

Quote by Ron Paul about politics, bankers, capitalism, money, creation, interest

I have to see it much more as fundamentally capitalism, I...

I have to see it much more as fundamentally capitalism, I certainly don't see any Rock'n'Roll coming out of Vietnam or China or Russia.

Quote by Lester Bangs about capitalism, rocks

Unemployment is capitalism's way of getting you to plant...

Unemployment is capitalism's way of getting you to plant a garden.

Quote by Orson Scott about capitalism, garden

There are people who don't like capitalism, and people...

There are people who don't like capitalism, and people who don't like PCs. But there's no-one who likes the PC who doesn't like Microsoft.

Quote by Bill Gates about capitalism, people

The market came with the dawn of civilization and it is not an invention of capitalism. If it leads to improving the well-being of the people there is no contradiction with socialism.

Quote by Mikhail Gorbachev about invention, capitalism, civilization, being, people

The market is not an invention of capitalism. It has...

The market is not an invention of capitalism. It has existed for centuries. It is an invention of civilization.

Quote by Mikhail Gorbachev about invention, capitalism, civilization

Early in the morning, I fell in love with the girl that later on became my wife. At that time, we were so naive. I wanted to charm her, so I read her Capital by Marx. I thought somehow she would be convinced by the strength of his criticism about...

Quote by Shimon Peres about love, charm, criticism, wife, thinking, time

We ended in capitalism to feel on our own skin the absurd...

We ended in capitalism to feel on our own skin the absurd of communism.

Quote by Bedros Horasangian about politics, communism, capitalism, absurd

We have an obligation to live in harmony with creation, with our capital... with God's creation. And we need to administer and work that very carefully.

Quote by Bruce Babbitt about world, creation, harmony, need, god, work

The tragedy of modern war is that the young men die...

The tragedy of modern war is that the young men die fighting each other - instead of their real enemies back home in the capitals.

Quote by Edward Abbey about tragedy, enemies, home, war, real estate, man

It is a capital mistake to theorize before one has data.

It is a capital mistake to theorize before one has data.

Quote by Arthur Conan Doyle about fear, mistake

The highest use of capital is not to make more money, but...

The highest use of capital is not to make more money, but to make money do more for the betterment of life.

Quote by Henry Ford about money, use, life

There is no private house in which people can enjoy themselves so well as at a capital tavern... No, Sir; there is nothing which has yet been contrived by man by which so much happiness is produced as by a good tavern or inn.

Quote by Samuel Johnson about home, house, happiness, nothing, good, good luck, man, people

Free thought is a capital crime.

Free thought is a capital crime.

Quote by Edward A. Murphy about crime, criminals, thinking

The people of Nicaragua were suffering oppression. This made us develop an awareness which eventually led us to commit ourselves to the struggle against the domination of the capitalists of our country in collusion with the U.S. government,...

Quote by Daniel Ortega about fight, suffering, country, people

It is capitalist America that produced the modern independent woman. Never in history have women had more freedom of choice in regard to dress, behavior, career, and sexual orientation.

Quote by Camille Paglia about politics, career, sex, history, woman

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