“Competition on the market aims at assigning to every individual that function in the social system in which he can render to all his fellow men the most valuable of the services he is able to perform.” MenAbleIndividualSocialFunctionAimFellowsCompetitionValuableFellow ManSocial Systems Author:Ludwig von Mises
“Capitalism places every man in competition with his fellows for a share of the available wealth. A few people accumulate big piles, but most do not. The sense of community falls victim to this struggle.” PeopleMenBigsFallCommunityWealthStruggleShareCapitalismFellowsVictimCompetitionAvailableEvery Man Book:Sixty stories Source: Sixty stories
“Grind it out. Hanging on just one second longer than your competition makes you the winner. If you can't win, make the fellow ahead of you break the record. The mile has a classic symmetry....It's a play in four acts.” IfsPlayWinningBreakRecordsFourFellowsCompetitionMilesWinnerClassicJust OneGrindSymmetryCan't WinHanging On Author:John Landy
“...in any land, in any country under modern free competition, to lay any class of weak and despised people, be they white, black, or blue, at the political mercy of their stronger, richer, and more resourceful fellows, is a temptation which human nature seldom has withstood and seldom will withstand.” PeopleHumansCountryPoliticalBlackWhiteClassModernLandHuman NatureWeakMercyStrongerBlueFellowsLaysCompetitionTemptationDespisedResourceful Book:The Souls of Black Folk: The Oxford W. E. B. Du Bois Source: The Souls of Black Folk: The Oxford W. E. B. Du Bois
“Wealth comes from successful individual efforts to please one's fellow man ... that's what competition is all about: "outpleasing" your competitors to win over the consumers.” MenWinningIndividualWealthEffortLibertySuccessfulPleaseEconomicsFellowsCompetitionLibertarianConsumersLibertarianismCompetitorsFellow ManIndividual EffortSuccessful Individuals Author:Walter E. Williams
“Even as a young man, Vito Corleone became known as a "man of reasonableness." He never uttered a threat. He always used logic that proved to be irresistible. He always made certain that the other fellow got his share of profit. Nobody lost. He did this, of course, by obvious means. Like many businessmen of genius he learned that free competition was wasteful, monopoly efficient. And so he simply set about achieving that efficient monopoly.” MenMeanMadeYoungUsedCertainCoursesLostKnownShareAchieveGeniusEconomicsLogicFellowsCompetitionThreatProfitObviousYoung ManEfficientBusinessmanMonopolyIrresistibleReasonablenessCorleone Author:Mario Puzo