Who Said It: Adam Smith or Karl Marx?

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Who Said It: Adam Smith or Karl Marx?
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Adam Smith is known as the father of capitalism. Karl Marx is the father of communism -- basically, the anti-Adam Smith. So why do some of their quotes sound so similar? So similar, in fact, that a certain Smith quote is often misattributed to Marx.
"Landlords, like all other men, love to reap where they never sowed."
Smith
Marx
Abraham Lincoln
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Wrong Answer

This quote is all over the Internet as belonging to Marx, but it was Smith who actually made the statement in \"The Wealth of Nations.\" Marx later quoted Smith in his work \"Capital: A Critique of Political Economy.\"

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"Anyone who knows anything of history knows that great social changes are impossible without feminine upheaval. Social progress can be measured exactly by the social position of the fair sex, the ugly ones included."
Smith
Marx
Joseph Stalin
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This is Marx.

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"Sell a man a fish, he eats for a day. Teach a man how to fish, you ruin a wonderful business opportunity."
Smith
Marx
Confucius
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Wrong Answer

Is Marx being sarcastic here? We can't tell.

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"The end of labor is to gain leisure."
Smith
Marx
Aristotle
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Wrong Answer

Aristotle. We like his thinking.

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"With the greater part of rich people, the chief enjoyment of riches consists in the parade of riches."
Smith
Marx
Donald Trump
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Wrong Answer

Smith. Things haven't changed much in 250 years, have they?

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"The only antidote to mental suffering is physical pain."
Smith
Marx
Martin Luther
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Wrong Answer

Geez, that Marx is kind of a downer, isn't he?

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"No society can surely be flourishing and happy, of which the far greater part of the members are poor and miserable."
Smith
Marx
FDR
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Wrong Answer

Very good point, Adam Smith.

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"A wise and frugal government, which shall leave men free to regulate their own pursuits of industry and improvement, and shall not take from the mouth of labor the bread it has earned -- this is the sum of good government."
Smith
Marx
Thomas Jefferson
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This is Thomas Jefferson. So would he have been on Marx's side? Or Smith's? We can't even tell anymore.

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"Democracy is the road to socialism."
Smith
Marx
Barack Obama
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OK, OK. Some people say Obama's a socialist, but this is a bit extreme. Marx said this one.

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"All money is a matter of belief."
Smith
Marx
Mahatma Gandhi
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Wrong Answer

This is Smith. If that's true, then we believe we'll have some more!

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