Tag: Capitalism

1210: Milton Friedman – Nothing Holds a Candle to the Free Enterprise System

W1210: Milton Friedman - Nothing Holds a Candle to the Free Enterprise System
The record of history is absolutely crystal clear. There is no alternative way, so far discovered, of improving the lot of the ordinary people that can hold a candle to the productive activities that are unleashed by a free enterprise system. —Milton Friedman
The record of history is absolutely crystal clear. There is no alternative way, so far discovered, of improving the lot of the ordinary people that can hold a candle to the productive activities that are unleashed by a free enterprise system. —Milton FriedmanDownload Print Quality (3840×2010) 4.95MB  |  Normal Quality (1920×1005) 284KB
The record of history is absolutely crystal clear. There is no alternative way, so far discovered, of improving the lot of the ordinary people that can hold a candle to the productive activities that are unleashed by a free enterprise system. —Milton FriedmanDownload Print Quality (3840×2744) 6.40MB  |  Normal Quality (1920×1372) 344KB

The record of history is absolutely crystal clear. There is no alternative way, so far discovered, of improving the lot of the ordinary people that can hold a candle to the productive activities that are unleashed by a free enterprise system. —Milton Friedman

1204: Ludwig von Mises – Capitalism Delivers the Goods

W1204: Ludwig von Mises - Capitalism Delivers the Goods
Capitalism needs neither propaganda nor apostles. Its achievements speak for themselves. Capitalism delivers the goods. —Ludwig von Mises

Capitalism needs neither propaganda nor apostles. Its achievements speak for themselves. Capitalism delivers the goods. —Ludwig von Mises

1195: Lew Rockwell – Most Urgent Priority is Separation of Economy and State

W1195: Lew Rockwell - Most Urgent Priority is Separation of Economy and State
Among the most urgent political priorities of our age is the separation of economy and state. —Lew Rockwell
Among the most urgent political priorities of our age is the separation of economy and state. —Lew RockwellDownload Print Quality (3840×2010) 5.13MB  |  Normal Quality (1920×1005) 218KB
Among the most urgent political priorities of our age is the separation of economy and state. —Lew RockwellDownload Print Quality (3840×2744) 6.84MB  |  Normal Quality (1920×1372) 277KB

Among the most urgent political priorities of our age is the separation of economy and state. —Lew Rockwell

1126: John Stossel – Acting in Self-Interest Powers the World

W1126: John Stossel – Acting in Self-Interest
People acting in their own self-interest is the fuel for all the discovery, innovation, and prosperity that powers the world. —John Stossel (In Defense of Capitalism)
People acting in their own self-interest is the fuel for all the discovery, innovation, and prosperity that powers the world. —John Stossel (In Defense of Capitalism)

1100: Rose Wilder Lane – Economic Security and Human Rights

W1100: Rose Wilder Lane - Economic Security and Human Rights
Anyone who says that economic security is a human right, has been too much babied. While he babbles, other men are risking and losing their lives to protect him. They are fighting the sea, fighting the land, fighting disease and insects and weather and space and time, for him. While he chatters that all men have a right to security and that some pagan god—Society, The State, The Government, The Commune—must give it to them. Let the fighting men stop fighting this inhuman earth for one hour, and he will learn how much security there is. —Rose Wilder Lane
Anyone who says that economic security is a human right, has been too much babied. While he babbles, other men are risking and losing their lives to protect him. They are fighting the sea, fighting the land, fighting disease and insects and weather and space and time, for him. While he chatters that all men have a right to security and that some pagan god—Society, The State, The Government, The Commune—must give it to them. Let the fighting men stop fighting this inhuman earth for one hour, and he will learn how much security there is. —Rose Wilder Lane

1082: Ludwig von Mises – Why Some are Unhappy Under Capitalism

F1082: Ludwig von Mises - Unhappy Under Capitalism
What makes many feel unhappy under capitalism is the fact that capitalism grants to each the opportunity to attain the most desirable positions which, of course, can only be attained by a few. In order to console himself and to restore his self-assertion, such a man is in search of a scapegoat. He tries to persuade himself that he failed through no fault of his own. They sublimate their hatred into a philosophy, the philosophy of anti-capitalism, in order to render inaudible the inner voice that tells them that their failure is entirely their own fault. The suffering from frustrated ambition is peculiar to people living in a society of equality under the law. It is not caused by equality under the law, but by the fact that in a society of equality under the law the inequality of men with regard to intellectual abilities, will power and application becomes visible. The gulf between what a man is and achieves and what he thinks of his own abilities and achievements is pitilessly revealed. —Ludwig von Mises
What makes many feel unhappy under capitalism is the fact that capitalism grants to each the opportunity to attain the most desirable positions which, of course, can only be attained by a few. In order to console himself and to restore his self-assertion, such a man is in search of a scapegoat. He tries to persuade himself that he failed through no fault of his own. They sublimate their hatred into a philosophy, the philosophy of anti-capitalism, in order to render inaudible the inner voice that tells them that their failure is entirely their own fault. The suffering from frustrated ambition is peculiar to people living in a society of equality under the law. It is not caused by equality under the law, but by the fact that in a society of equality under the law the inequality of men with regard to intellectual abilities, will power and application becomes visible. The gulf between what a man is and achieves and what he thinks of his own abilities and achievements is pitilessly revealed. —Ludwig von Mises

1075: Ayn Rand – Statists and Control

W1075: Ayn Rand - Statists and Control
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. —Ayn Rand
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. —Ayn Rand

1064: Ron Paul – Racism is Collectivism

F1064: Ron Paul - Racism is Collectivism
Racism is simply an ugly form of collectivism, the mindset that views humans strictly as members of groups rather than as individuals. Racists believe that all individuals who share superficial physical characteristics are alike: as collectivists, racists think only in terms of groups. By encouraging Americans to adopt a group mentality, the advocates of so-called "diversity" actually perpetuate racism. The true antidote to racism is liberty. Liberty means having a limited, constitutional government devoted to the protection of individual rights rather than group claims. Liberty means free-market capitalism, which rewards individual achievement and competence—not skin color, gender, or ethnicity. —Ron Paul
Racism is simply an ugly form of collectivism, the mindset that views humans strictly as members of groups rather than as individuals. Racists believe that all individuals who share superficial physical characteristics are alike: as collectivists, racists think only in terms of groups. By encouraging Americans to adopt a group mentality, the advocates of so-called “diversity” actually perpetuate racism. The true antidote to racism is liberty. Liberty means having a limited, constitutional government devoted to the protection of individual rights rather than group claims. Liberty means free-market capitalism, which rewards individual achievement and competence—not skin color, gender, or ethnicity. —Ron Paul

1041: Gloria Alvarez – Socialism Has Failed on Every Continent

W1041: Gloria Alvarez - Socialism Has Failed
We have seen Socialism fail on every continent of the planet. But when there is ignorance and when there are people who resent the way of competition and free-market ideas then Socialism can arise. —Gloria Alvarez
We have seen Socialism fail on every continent of the planet. But when there is ignorance and when there are people who resent the way of competition and free-market ideas then Socialism can arise. —Gloria Alvarez

1037: Ron Paul – Free Market is Better

W1037: Ron Paul - Free Market is Better
It’s amazing that people don’t understand that the more the market is involved and the smaller the government, the lower the price, the better the distribution, and the higher the quality. —Ron Paul
It’s amazing that people don’t understand that the more the market is involved and the smaller the government, the lower the price, the better the distribution, and the higher the quality. —Ron PaulDownload Print Quality (3840×2010) 7.56MB  |  Normal Quality (1920×1005) 328KB
It’s amazing that people don’t understand that the more the market is involved and the smaller the government, the lower the price, the better the distribution, and the higher the quality. —Ron PaulDownload Print Quality (3840×2744) 9.28MB  |  Normal Quality (1920×1372) 405KB
It’s amazing that people don’t understand that the more the market is involved and the smaller the government, the lower the price, the better the distribution, and the higher the quality. —Ron Paul