Capitalism Quotes

Castro, Fidel
Capitalism is using its money; we socialists throw it away.


Chavez, Hugo
I am convinced that the path to a new, better and possible world is not capitalism, the path is socialism.


Chomsky, Noam
Personally, I'm in favor of democracy, which means that the central institutions of society have to be under popular control. Now, under capitalism, we can't have democracy by definition. Capitalism is a system in which the central institutions of society are in principle under autocratic control.


Churchill, Winston
The inherent vice of capitalism is the unequal sharing of blessings; the inherent virtue of socialism is the equal sharing of miseries.


Galbraith, J.K.
Under capitalism, man exploits man. Under communism, it's just the opposite.


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


Russell, Bertrand
Advocates of capitalism are very apt to appeal to the sacred principles of liberty, which are embodied in one maxim: The fortunate must not be restrained in the exercise of tyranny over the unfortunate.


Shaw, George Bernard
Capitalism has destroyed our belief in any effective power but that of self interest backed by force.