"It is a socialist idea that making..." - Quote by Winston Churchill
It is a socialist idea that making profits is a vice; I consider the real vice is making losses.
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“When everybody has got money they cut taxes, and when they're broke they raise them. That's statesmanship of the highest order.”
“Nothing can have value without being an object of utility.”
“Advertising mourishes the consuming power of men. It sets up before a man the goal of a better home, better clothing, better food for himself and his family. It spurs individual exertion and greater production.”
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“The weeds of socialism are better than the crops of capitalism.”
“The greed of gain has no time or limit to its capaciousness. Its one object is to produce and consume. It has pity neither for beautiful nature nor for living human beings. It is ruthlessly ready without a moment's hesitation to crush beauty and life.”
“Personal initiative, competitive selection, the profit motive, corrected by failure and the infinite process of good housekeeping and the personal ingenuity-here constitute the life of a free society.”