Capitalism Quotes

Constant revolutionizing of production, uninterrupted disturbance of all social conditions, everlasting uncertainty and agitation distinguish the bourgeosis epoch from all earlier ones.

Capital is money, capital is commodities. By virtue of it being value, it has acquired the occult ability to add value to itself. It brings forth living offspring, or, at the least, lays golden eggs.

There is a physical relation between physical things. But it is different with commodities.

A great deal of capital, which appears to-day in the United States without any certificate of birth, was yesterday, in England, the capitalised blood of children.

A commodity appears at first sight an extremely obvious, trivial thing. But its analysis brings out that it is a very strange thing, abounding in metaphysical subtleties and theological niceties.

Capitalism has shortfalls. It doesn't necessarily take care of the poor, and it underfunds innovation, so we have to offset that.

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.

Capitalism has worked very well. Anyone who wants to move to North Korea is welcome.

China adopted a capitalist system in the 1980s, and they went from a 60% poverty rate to 10%.

My object in life is to dethrone God and destroy capitalism.

We have no compassion and we ask no compassion from you. When our turn comes, we shall not make excuses for the terror.

The last capitalist we hang shall be the one who sold us the rope.