Capital Quotes

The end of democracy and the defeat of the American Revolution will occur when government falls into the hands of lending institutions and moneyed incorporations.

Capitalism is a development by refinement from feudalism, just as feudalism is development by refinement from slavery . Capitalism is but the gentlemen's method of slavery.

That's the standard technique of privatization: defund, make sure things don't work, people get angry, you hand it over to private capital.

I can prophecy that your grandchildren in America will live under socialism -- Our firm conviction is that sooner or later Capitalism will give way to Socialism. Whether you like it or not, history is on our side. We will bury you.

When it comes to hang the capitalists they will compete with each other to sell us the rope at a lower price.

Fascism is capitalism in decay.

We have two evils to fight, capitalism and racism. We must destroy both racism and capitalism.

I believe profoundly in the possibilities of democracy, but democracy needs to be emancipated from capitalism. As long as we inhabit a capitalist democracy, a future of racial equality, gender equality, economic equality will elude us.

Her philosophy is carpe diem for herself and laissez faire for others.

The real struggle is not between East and West, or capitalism and communism, but between education and propaganda.

Let us be under no illusion. The Jewish spirit, which was responsible for the alliance of large-scale capital with Marxism and was the driving force behind so many anti-Spanish revolutionary agreements, will not be got rid of in a day.

Capitalism gives all of us a great opportunity if we seize it with both hands and hang on to it.

All badness is spoiled goodness. A bad apple is a good apple that became rotten. Because evil has no capital of its own, it is a parasite that feeds on goodness.

Liberty not only means that the individual has both the opportunity and the burden of choice; it also means that he must bear the consequences of his actions. Liberty and responsibility are inseparable.

The basic confrontation which seemed to be colonialism versus anti-colonialism, indeed capitalism versus socialism, is already losing its importance. What matters today, the issue which blocks the horizon, is the need for a redistribution of wealth. Humanity will have to address this question, no matter how devastating the consequences may be.

At the heart of capitalism is creative destruction.

If the Earth were a single state, Istanbul would be its capital.

By pursuing his own interest (the individual) frequently promotes that of the society more effectually than when he really intends to promote it. I have never known much good done by those who affected to trade for the public good.

Expect the best. Prepare for the worst. Capitalize on what comes.

Capitalism is the extraordinary belief that the nastiest of men, for the nastiest of reasons, will somehow work for the benefit of us all.

Expect the best. Prepare for the worst. Capitalize on what comes.

The result of neo-colonialism is that foreign capital is used for the exploitation rather than for the development of the less developed parts of the world. Investment under neo-colonialism increases rather than decreases the gap between the rich and poor countries of the world.

The death penalty is no more effective a deterrent than life imprisonment.

.. It is also evident that the burden of capital punishment falls upon the poor, the ignorant and the underprivileged members of society.

What becomes a crime deserving capital punishment when the tables are turned is a matter of small moment when the negro woman is the accusing party.

Prior to capitalism, the way people amassed great wealth was by looting, plundering and enslaving their fellow man. Capitalism made it possible to become wealthy by serving your fellow man.

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Capital city - A capital or capital city is the municipality exercising primary status in a country, state, province, or other administrative region, usually as its seat

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Bain Capital - Bain Capital (stylized as BainCapital) is an American private investment firm based in Boston, Massachusetts. It specializes in private equity, venture

Capital market - A capital market is a financial market in which long-term debt (over a year) or equity-backed securities are bought and sold. Capital markets channel

Social capital - Social capital is the effective functioning of social groups through interpersonal relationships, a shared sense of identity, a shared understanding,

Capital region - A capital region, also called a national capital region, capital district or capital territory, is a region or district surrounding a capital city. It

Democracy can hardly be expected to flourish in societies where political and economic power is being progressively concentrated and centralized. But the progress of technology has led and is still leading to just such a concentration and centralization of power.

There never was a woman like her. She was gentle as a dove and brave as a lioness... The memory of my mother and her teachings were, after all, the only capital I had to start life with, and on that capital I have made my way.

I served in all commissioned ranks from Second Lieutenant to Major-General.

And during that period, I spent most of my time being a high class muscle-man for Big Business, for Wall Street and for the Bankers. In short, I was a racketeer, a gangster for capitalism.

In the course of history periods of capitalism and socialism alternate with one another; capitalism is the unnatural, socialism the natural economic system... The National Socialists and the Red Front have the same aspirations. The Jews falsified the Revolution in the form of Marxism and that failed to bring fulfilment.

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

There is timing in the whole life of the warrior, in his thriving and declining, in his harmony and discord. Similarly, there is timing in the Way of the merchant, in the rise and fall of capital. All things entail rising and falling timing. You must be able to discern this.

Returning violence for violence multiplies violence, adding deeper darkness to a night already devoid of stars.

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

We live in capitalism, its power seems inescapable - but then, so did the divine right of kings. Any human power can be resisted and changed by human beings. Resistance and change often begin in art. Very often in our art, the art of words.