Quote of the Day for 2016-01-04

"Under capitalism man exploits man. And under Communism it is just the reverse."

— John Kenneth Galbraith (1908-2006) A Life in Our Times

Banksy's interpretation of The Raft of the Medusa by Théodore Géricault (1819) on a wall in downtown Calais (2015)

Quote of the Day for 2015-10-19

"Advocates of capitalism are very apt to appeal to the sacred principles of liberty, which are all embodied in one maxim: The fortunate must not be restrained in the exercise of tyranny over the unfortunate."

— Bertrand Russell (1872-1970) "Freedom in Society," Harper's Monthly Magazine, March 1926

Ronald Reagan and Margaret Thatcher wave to photographers after their arrival in Camp David on December, 22 1984. (UPI/AFP/GettyImages)