Capital may refer to:
- Capital city, the area of a country, province, region, or state, regarded as enjoying primary status, usually but not always the seat of the government
- Capital (economics), a factor of production that is not wanted for itself but for its ability to help in producing other goods
- Capital (architecture), the crowning member of a column or a pilaster
- Capital letter, an upper-case letter in a writing system
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Famous quotes containing the word capital:
“For mankind, speech with a capital S is especially meaningful and committing, more than the content communicated. The outcry of the newborn and the sound of the bells are fraught with mystery more than the baby’s woeful face or the venerable tower.”
—Paul Goodman (1911–1972)
“A good many have been thrown out on their broad capital bases.”
—John Dos Passos (1896–1970)
“Many of us do not believe in capital punishment, because thus society takes from a man what society cannot give.”
—Katharine Fullerton Gerould (1879–1944)