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The only trouble with capitalism

Freitag, 26. Juli 2002

You know, the only trouble with capitalism is capitalists; they're too damn greedy.

Herbert Hoover, quoted in David M. Kennedy, Freedom From Fear: The American People in Depression and War, 1929-1945 (New York: Oxford University Press, 1999), p. 43.

Online NewsHour: Historical Views on Enron - February 26, 2002
«At the end of the 1920s, poor Herbert Hoover, who had been a progressive Republican and a supporter of TR and wanted a certain amount of reform in the economy was left holding the bag and he uttered the immortal words "the only trouble with capitalism is capitalists -- they are too damn greedy."»

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