Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva Quotes

In a capitalist society, persons who create capital, like Michael Eisner, are given the staggering rewards.

Free enterprise is the only way for substantial growth.

Capitalism has been called nationalistic - yet it is the only system that banished ethnicity, and made it possible, in the United States, for men of various, formerly antagonistic nationalities to live together in peace.

Capitalism without capital is just an ism.

The outstanding faults of the economic society in which we live are its failure to provide for full employment and its arbitrary and inequitable distribution of wealth and incomes.

Capitalism is not simply mass production, but mass production to satisfy the needs of the masses.

This country is very good at creating wealth, but not very good at distributing it.

I believe our economic life based on a profit motive is the most effective economy known to assure the well being of all.

Growth and progress depend on more economic freedom.

The whole thing is, really, money makes money. That's the whole thing about capitalism. Without the capital, there is no -ism.

Capitalism undoubtedly has certain boils and blotches upon it, but has it as many as government? Has it as many as marriage? Has it as many as religion? I doubt it. It is the only basic institution of modern man that shows any genuine health and vigor.

Capitalism has never stood back and examined itself properly. I think everybody knows that capitalism is the only thing that works, but is the current form of capitalism the best way of it working?

This capitalist society has not lasted forever; it's only a few hundred years old.

Capitalism has brought with it progress, not merely in production but also in knowledge.

Capitalism is a great idea in theory, but in practice it just doesn't work.

The left hates capitalism, not because of freedom and liberty - although they do. But the primary they hate capitalism is that it is the most efficient engine to create wealth for the greatest number of people in a society that has ever been devised. Nobody's ever claimed it's perfect. Nobody's ever said it's flawless. But it's better than anything else out there, particularly anything left has to offer.

Capitalism has been really good to me. I'm very fortunate: I have written books and my books have sold.

We live in capitalism. Its power seems inescapable. So did the divine right of kings.

Capitalism started out with a noble and high motive, but like most human systems it fell victim to the very thing it was revolting against.

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

Capitalism is like Japanese Knotweed: nothing kills it off. If there were only two people left on the planet, one of them would find a way of making money out of the other.

Capitalism sounds good in theory but it just doesn't work.

Democracy is impossible in a capitalist system. Capitalism is the realm of injustice and a tyranny of the richest against the poorest.

Capital, like capitalism, seems an overrated category.

The capitalist system, in spite of all obstacles put in its way by governments and politicians, has raised the standard of living of the masses in an unprecedented way.