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Who Said That About Capitalism? Select from the names below to match the capitalist (or anti-capitalist) to the quote. Pick the quote you like best and tell why it appeals to you. Mahatma Gandhi, Leader of India Nationalist Movement, proponent of nonviolent civil disobedience. Huey Newton, African-American Political and Urban Activist Paul McCartney, musician Bill Gates, co-founder Microsoft Computer, philanthropist, inventor, and really rich guy. Orson Scott Card, Author of Ender’s Game novels Winston Churchill, U.K. Prime Minister and WWII Leader. Mao Zedong, Communist Founder of Peoples Republic of China Al Capone, Mobster Abraham Lincoln, 16th President of the U.S. Thomas L. Friedman, Journalist and 3x Pulitzer Prize Winner PRODUCT PREVIEW 1. “Capitalism has worked very well. Anyone who wants to move to North Korea is welcome.” Who said it? _ _____________________________________________________________________ 2. “Somebody said to me, 'But the Beatles were anti-materialistic.' That's a huge myth. John and I literally used to sit down and say, 'Now, let's write a swimming pool.” Who said it? _ _____________________________________________________________________ 3. “This American system of ours, call it Americanism, call it capitalism, call it what you will, gives each and every one of us a great opportunity if we only seize it with both hands and make the most of it.” Who said it? _ _____________________________________________________________________ 4. “We have two evils to fight, capitalism and racism. We must destroy both racism and capitalism.” Who said it? _ _____________________________________________________________________ 5. “There is a serious tendency toward capitalism among the well-to-do peasants.” Who said it? _ _____________________________________________________________________ 6. “America is the greatest engine of innovation that has ever existed, and it can't be duplicated anytime soon, because it is the product of a multitude of factors: extreme freedom of thought, an emphasis on independent thinking, a steady immigration of new minds, a risk-taking culture with no stigma attached to trying and Bill Gates Paul McCartney Al Capone Huey Newton Mao Zedong

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