Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva Quotes

Instead of ideological objectives of a political nature, today we are faced with ideological objectives of economic nature.

For in the theoretical field bourgeois economics no longer engages in blithe and joyous fights.

East and West, most societies have come to believe that competition will produce more prosperity for more people than a planned economy. I share that belief.

Overcoming the myth that there is such a thing as an objectively defined 'free market' is the first step towards understanding capitalism.

The historical debate is over. The answer is free-market capitalism.

In a capitalist society all institutions are in danger of control by the counting room.

Capitalism will kill competition.

The unfettered free market has been the most radically disruptive force in American life in the last generation.

Capitalism is the legitimate racket of the ruling class.

The free market economy is supposed to be the only path leading to the happiness of humanity by promoting wealth and prosperity, power and influence of nations.

Business is in itself a power.

I became a real free market fanatic. I'm probably less so now than even two or three years ago.

I prefer leaving things to the market as much as possible.

I am a huge fan of capitalism and a huge fan of entrepreneurship and changing the world with technology and with entrepreneurship. Capitalism is awesome. To me, capitalism is my religion.

All peoples are entangled in the net of the world market.

Capitalism is not an economic system, but a world-outlook, or rather, a part of a whole world-outlook.

Politics is just a function of business now, just a tributary of the great entrepreneurial capitalist system.

Under capitalism each individual engages in economic planning.

If you are realistic about how our present society works, the economic clout - and a lot of the political clout, frankly - is in the business sector. And it's the locus of innovation.

Capitalism is a system for determining objective value.

I am an ardent supporter of capitalism - but I also understand that while individuals have inalienable, God-given rights, corporations do not.

Capitalism and the market are presented as synonymous, but they are not. Capitalism is both the enemy of the market and democracy.

I'm not a communist, of course. But I do think that everything is down to economics. Capitalism doesn't change.

I used to think that capitalism was human nature. Now I know that it is culture.

Geo-economics may replace geo-politics as the driving force in international relations.