Communism/Capitalism Quotations

1. The world runs on individuals pursuing their self interests. The great achievements of

civilization have not come from government bureaus. Einstein didn’t construct his theory

under order from a, from a bureaucrat. Henry Ford didn’t revolutionize the automobile

industry that way.

2. There's no such thing as a free lunch.

3. We have a system that increasingly taxes work and subsidizes nonwork.

4. “Capitalism and communism stand at opposite poles. Their essential difference is this:

The communist, seeing the rich man and his fine home, says: 'No man should have so

much.' The capitalist, seeing the same thing, says: 'All men should have so much.'”

5. Capitalist production, therefore, develops technology, and the combining together of

various processes into a social whole, only by sapping the original sources of all wealth -

the soil and the labourer.

6. From each according to his abilities, to each according to his needs.

7. Columbus did not seek a new route to the Indies in response to a majority directive.

8. A common danger tends to concord. Communism is the exploitation of the strong by the

weak. In Communism, inequality comes from placing mediocrity on a level with

excellence.

9. Communism will always fail because people like to own stuff.

10. "There is no other definition of communism valid for us than that of the abolition of the

exploitation of man by man."