Capitalist quotes

Question 1

a ___has to make his ___ way—has to ____ after _______—and his ______, too, of course, ____ he has one—and so long as he does ____ he ___‘_ come to much ____.

Answer 1

a man has to make his own way—has to look after himself—and his family, too, of course, when he has one—and so long as he does that he won’t come to much harm.

Question 2

If we were all ___________ for __________ that happened to _________ we’d had ________ to do with, it would be very _______, wouldn’t it?

Answer 2

If we were all responsible for everything that happened to everybody we’d had anything to do with, it would be very awkward, wouldn’t it?

Question 3

If you ___‘_ come down _______ on some of these ______ , they’d soon be ______ for the _____.

Answer 3

If you don’t come down sharply on some of these people, they’d soon be asking for the earth.

-Mr Birling feels that it’s his responsibility to come down ‘sharply’ on ‘these people’. Priestley wanted the audience to realise that this is the wrong attitude to have, we should be looking after ‘these people’ not punishing them.

Question 4

Well, it’s my ____ to keep ______ costs ____

Answer 4

Well, it’s my duty to keep labour costs down

Question 5

The way some of these ______ talk & _____ now you’d think _________ has to look after _________ else, as if __ were all _____ together like ____ in a ____

Answer 5

The way some of these cranks talk & write now you’d think everybody has to look after everybody else, as if we were all mixed together like bees in a hive

Question 6

probably a _________ or some sort of _____- he ______ like ___

Answer 6

probably a socialist or some sort of crank- he talked like one