“False shame accompanies a man that is poor, shame that either harms a man greatly or profits him; shame is with poverty, but confidence with wealth.” MenLiteratureWealthPoorPovertyShameProfitHarmAccompany Author:Hesiod
“Some suffer much from poverty and sickness, but are not humbled, and so they suffer without profit. But one who is humbled will be happy in all circumstances, because the Lord is his riches and joy, and all people will wonder at the beauty of his soul.” PeopleInspirationalSoulChristianJoySufferingReligiousWonderLordPovertyCircumstancesProfitRichesSicknessOrthodox Author:Silouan the Athonite
“Today, the United States is No. 1 in corporate profits, No. 1 in CEO salaries, No. 1 in childhood poverty and No. 1 in income and wealth inequality in the industrialized world.” WorldStatesTodayWealthUnitedPovertyUnited StatesChildhoodProfitIncomeInequalityCorporateCeoSalaryWealth Inequality Author:Bernie Sanders
“Most of Marx's predictions have failed to materialize, and his labor theory of value and other ideas have been proven wrong. Marx failed to recognize the incentive system built into the capitalist model - consumer choice and the profit motive of the entrepreneur. The irony is that capitalism, not socialism or Marxism, that has liberated the worker from the chains of poverty, monopoly, war, and oppression, and has better achieved Marx's vision of a millennium of hope, peace, abundance, leisure, and aesthetic expression for the 'full' human being.” HumansHas BeensIdeasWarValuesChoicesHuman BeingsVisionPovertyExpressionTheoryModelsCapitalismBuiltLaborEntrepreneurWorkersProfitSocialismOppressionChainsConsumersIronyMotiveAbundanceAestheticCapitalistLeisureProvenPredictionsIncentivesMonopolyMarxismLiberatedMillenniumProfit MotiveProven WrongConsumer Choice Author:Mark Skousen
“The elimination of profit, whatever methods may be resorted to for its execution, must transform society into a senseless jumble. It would create poverty for all.” MayPovertyMethodProfitExecutionElimination Book:Planning for freedom, and sixteen other essays and addresses Source: Planning for freedom, and sixteen other essays and addresses
“If we remove the hope of profit as a means to alleviate misfortune - poverty, illness, misery, disaster - we shall increase our misfortunes and make them permanent.” IfsMeanPovertyIncreaseMiseryProfitIllnessDisasterPermanentRemoveMisfortunesAlleviate Author:Leonard Read
“Today, we live in a world of incredible wealth and technology, alongside the most horrendous conditions of poverty, war and environmental crisis. This is result of capitalism, a system based on prioritizing profits not human need where the wealth is concentrated in the hands of a capitalist elite.” WorldNeedsHumansWarHandsTodayWealthResultsPovertyTechnologyConditionsCapitalismCrisisEnvironmentalIncrediblesProfitCapitalistElitesHuman NeedsPrioritizeEnvironmental Crisis Author:Kshama Sawant
“The main message of Climate Revolution is that climate change is caused by the rotten financial system we've got, designed to create poverty and rip off any profits for a small amount of rich people. Meanwhile, it destroys the earth.” PeopleEarthPovertyRichRevolutionAmountMessagesClimateClimate ChangeFinancialProfitRipRottenRich PeopleSmall AmountsFinancial System Author:Vivienne Westwood