[R-G] Quote of the century; quote of the times...

[Richard Menec]

Capital, vol. 1, Chapter 31 (Footnote)

K. Marx quotes T. J. Dunning:

"Capital eschews no profit, or very small profit, just as Nature was 
formerly said to abhor a vacuum. With adequate profit capital is very bold. 
A certain 10 percent will ensure its employment anywhere; 20 percent certain 
will produce eagerness; 50 percent, positive audacity; 100 percent will make 
it ready to trample on all human laws; 300% and there is not a crime at 
which it will scruple, nor a risk it will not run, even to the chance of its 
owner being hanged.  If turbulence and strife will bring a profit, it will 
freely encourage both....."

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