Mahatma Gandhi Quotes

As capital is thus the most essential element in setting industry in motion, so it is by the amount of it, that the productiveness of that industry is chiefly determined.

Capital is a result of labor.

Money should never be separated from values. Detached from values it may indeed be the root of all evil. Linked effectively to social purpose it can be the root of opportunity.

Capital is a result of labor, and is used by labor to assist it in further production. Labor is the active and initial force, and labor is therefore the employer of capital.

I'm not a communist - I believe in the free market and that entrepreneurs should be allowed to take risks because it creates wealth and jobs, but I draw the line at people risking other people's money. That's deplorable.

So another challenge for our generation is to create global institutions that reflect our ideas of fairness and responsibility, not the ideas that were the basis of the last stage of financial development over these recent years.

I would ask: Given the nature of free-market capitalism - where the rule is to rise to the top at all costs - is it possible to have a financial industry hero? And by the way, this is not a pop-culture trend we're talking about. There aren't many financial heroes in literature, theater or cinema.

Capitalism without capital is just an ism.

Markets work; morals matter.

An English merchant is a new species of gentleman.

The distribution of wealth is just as important as its creation.

Without development there is no profit, without profit no development.

There is great potential for investments that are built around improving social, environmental, and economic conditions.

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

Emerging investors want to invest differently. They want to have their dollars - their investment dollars - do double duty.

Even money has a price.

Who owns the future? This is the question at the heart of every stock market.

I have nothing against wealth; I believe that government has a role to play in creating it by supporting pro-growth policies. However, success comes with responsibility.

Every American business, from the biggest companies to small hardware companies, need money to flow through the system not only to create new jobs but to sustain existing jobs.

China is still the fastest growing economy in the world, but we need to learn how to use money in a better way, and it's about quality, not quantity.

My priorities are going to be to play a very balanced role in the sense that I have to keep an eye on the challenges in the environment. At the same time, I have to keep an eye on the optimism that is there for India.

There is nothing wrong with being well off as long as money has a social and ethical value and is not the object of one's own greed.

Confidence, capital, and credit fuel entrepreneurship and economic expansion.

We must remember that self-reliance and eradication of poverty demands - indeed, compel - the present generation to bear hardship and make sacrifices. Those who are employed have a duty to the future of India. They have to be more productive and consume less so that resources can be made available for investment and for programmes to help poor.

Doing well is the result of doing good. That's what capitalism is all about.