“History suggests that capitalism is a necessary condition for political freedom” Milton Friedman

1. “Advocates of capitalism are very apt to appeal to the sacred principles of liberty, which are embodied in one maxim: The fortunate must not be restrained in the exercise of tyranny over the unfortunate”Bertrand Russell

2. “The inherent vice of capitalism is the unequal sharing of blessings; the inherent virtue of socialism is the equal sharing of miseries.” Winston Churchill

3. “History suggests that capitalism is a necessary condition for political freedom” Milton Friedman

4. “This American system of ours, call it Americanism, call it capitalism, call it what you will, gives each and every one of us a great opportunity if we only seize it with both hands and make the most of it.” Al Capone

5. “I find capitalism repugnant. It is filthy, it is gross, it is alienating... because it causes war, hypocrisy and competition.” Fidel Castro

6. “The problem of social organization is how to set up an arrangement under which greed will do the least harm, capitalism is that kind of a system.” Milton Friedman

7. “Socialism proposes no adequate substitute for the motive of enlightened selfishness that to-day is at the basis of all human labor and effort, enterprise and new activity.” William Howard Taft