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“The American capitalists are richer and stronger than their counterparts in other lands. They are also younger and more ignorant, and therefore more inclined to seek a rough settlement of difficulties without diplomatic subtlety and finesse. All that does not change the fact that American capitalism operates according to the same laws as the others, is confronted with the same fundamental problems, and is headed toward the same catastrophe.”

Doe Facts Problem Law Land Capitalism Difficulty Stronger Fundamentals Ignorant Rough Capitalist Catastrophe Subtlety Settlement Diplomatic Counterparts Finesse American Capitalism

Author:James P. Cannon

“State capitalism is about more than emergency government spending, implementation of more intelligent regulation, or a stronger social safety net. It's about state dominance of economic activity for political gain.”

States Government Political Social Economic Activity Capitalism Gains Stronger Intelligent Safety Spending Regulation Emergencies Dominance Implementation Safety Net Government Spending

Author:Ian Bremmer

“This is not about trade, no one is a stronger supporter of capitalism and trade than I am. This is about sovereignty and whether a country has the right to set its own public health policies.”

Country Policy Health Capitalism Stronger Trade Supporter Sovereignty Public Health

Author:Bill Gates

“The perennial conviction that those who work hard and play by the rules will be rewarded with a more comfortable present and a stronger future for their children faces assault from just about every direction. That great enemy of democratic capitalism, economic inequality, is real and growing.”

Children Real Hard Play Faces Enemy Growing Economic Hard Work Comfortable Capitalism Stronger Democratic Conviction Inequality Assault Economic Inequality

Author:Jon Meacham

“...the myth of socialism is far stronger than the reality of capitalism. That is because capitalism is not really an ism at all. It is what people do if you leave them alone.”

People Ifs Reality Politics Capitalism Stronger Myth Socialism Isms

Author:Arnold Beichman

“One of the methods used by statists to destroy capitalism consists in establishing controls that tie a given industry hand and foot, making it unable to solve its problems, then declaring that freedom has failed and stronger controls are necessary.”

Problem Hands Used Given Liberty Feet Economic Industry Capitalism Economics Stronger Method Solve Ties Declaring Hands And Feet

Book:The Voice of Reason: Essays in Objectivist Thought

Source: The Voice of Reason: Essays in Objectivist Thought

“It's no accident that capitalism has brought with it progress, not merely in production but also in knowledge. Egoism and competition are, alas, stronger forces than public spirit and sense of duty.”

Spirit Force Liberty Progress Duty Capitalism Economics Stronger Competition Productions Accidents Libertarian Libertarianism Alas Egoism

Book:The Albert Einstein Collection: Essays in Humanism, The Theory of Relativity, and The World As I See It

Source: The Albert Einstein Collection: Essays in Humanism, The Theory of Relativity, and The World As I See It

“We've got to get rid of the fear of failure in this country. In America, people start things, fail and shake themselves down and start things again. The animal spirit of capitalism is stronger there.”

People Country America Spirit Animal Failing Capitalism Stronger Down And Entrepreneur Shakes Fear Of Failure Animal Spirits

Author:Rupert Murdoch