Governments in capitalist society are but committees of the rich to manage the affairs of the capitalist class. James Connolly
The capitalist class is represented by the Republican, Democratic, Populist and Prohibition parties, all of which stand for private ownership of the means of production, and the triumph of any one of which will mean continued wage-slavery to the working class. Eugene V. Debs
Without the collapse of capitalism the expropriation of the capitalist class is impossible. Rosa Luxemburg
We live in the capitalist system, so-called because its dominated by the capitalist class. In this system the capitalists are the rulers and the workers the subjects. The capitalists are in a decided minority and yet they rule because of the ignorance of the working class. Eugene V. Debs
Those who live by the sword shall perish by the sword' say the Scriptures, and it may well be that in the progress of events the working class of Ireland may be called upon to face the stern necessity of taking the sword (or rifle) against the capitalist class. James Connolly
Individual capitalists, in short, behave in such a way as to threaten the conditions that permit the reproduction of the capitalist class. David Harvey