Capitalism is the extraordinary belief that the nastiest of men for the nastiest of motives will somehow work for the benefit of all.

— Unknown Source

Capitalism desacralizes nature and makes it a commodity for exploitation and profit.

— Unknown Source

The evils of free-market capitalism are as real as the evils of militarism and evils of racism. True compassion is more than flinging a coin to a beggar. It comes to see that an edifice which produces beggars needs restructuring.

— Unknown Source

Capitalism desacralizes nature and makes it a commodity for exploitation and profit.

— Gandhi, leader of the Indian independence movement in British-ruled India. Employing nonviolent civil disobedience, Gandhi led India to independence and inspired movements for civil rights and freedom across the world, 1869-1948

The evils of free-market capitalism are as real as the evils of militarism and evils of racism. True compassion is more than flinging a coin to a beggar. It comes to see that an edifice which produces beggars needs restructuring.

— Martin Luther King Jr., Baptist minister and activist who became the most visible spokesperson and leader in the U.S. Civil Rights Movement. 1929-1968

The forces in a capitalist society, if left unchecked, tend to make the rich richer and the poor poorer.

— Jawaharal Nehru, the first Prime Minister of India as a secular democratic republic who was a central figure in Indian politics before and after independence, 1889-1964
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