"No production without a need. But consumption..." - Quote by Karl Marx

“Necessity is blind until it becomes conscious. Freedom is the consciousness of necessity.”

“Society is a sort of organism on the growth of which conscious efforts can exercise little effect.”

“Democracy is the road to socialism.”

“How very popular to say, 'spend more on this, expend more on that.' And of course, we all have our favorite causes; I know I do. But someone has to add up the figures. Every business has to do it, every housewife has to do it, [and] every government should do it.”

“If "socialism" is defined as "ownership of the means of production"--and this is both the orthodox and the only rigorous definition--then the United States is the first truly Socialist country.”

“That is to say, under the old way any time we wish to add to the national wealth we are compelled to add to the national debt. Now, that is what Henry Ford wants to prevent. He thinks it is stupid, and so do I, that for the loan of $30,000,000 of their own money the people of the United States should be compelled to pay $66,000,000 - that is what it amounts to, with interest.”

“On 'Mystic River,' I had to cut my salary and everyone else's to get it made.”

“Knowledge is being applied to knowledge itself. It is now fast becoming the one factor in production, sidelining both capital and labour.”

“Of course, it is not the employer who pays wages. He only handles the money. It is the product that pays wages and it is the management that arranges the production so that the product may pay the wages.”