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Henry George Quotes: "What protectionism teaches us, is to do to ourselves in time of peace what enemies seek to do to us in time of war."

What protectionism teaches us, is to do to ourselves in time of peace what enemies seek to do to us in time of war.



Henry George Quotes: "There are only three ways by which any individual can get wealth — by work, by gift or by theft. And, clearly, the reason why the workers get so little is that the beggars and thieves get so much."

There are only three ways by which any individual can get wealth — by work, by gift or by theft. And, clearly, the reason why the workers get so little is that the beggars and thieves get so much.




Henry George Quotes: "There is danger in reckless change, but greater danger in blind conservatism."

There is danger in reckless change, but greater danger in blind conservatism.



Henry George Quotes: "Laissez faire (in its full true meaning) opens the way to the realization of the noble dreams of socialism."

Laissez faire (in its full true meaning) opens the way to the realization of the noble dreams of socialism.




Henry George Quotes: "That which is unjust can really profit no one; that which is just can really harm no one."

That which is unjust can really profit no one; that which is just can really harm no one.



Henry George Quotes: "Man is the only animal whose desires increase as they are fed; the only animal that is never satisfied."

Man is the only animal whose desires increase as they are fed; the only animal that is never satisfied.



Henry George Quotes: "Let no man imagine that he has no influence. Whoever he may be, and wherever he may be placed, the man who thinks becomes a light and a power."

Let no man imagine that he has no influence. Whoever he may be, and wherever he may be placed, the man who thinks becomes a light and a power.




Henry George Quotes: "Poorly paid labor is inefficient labor, the world over."

Poorly paid labor is inefficient labor, the world over.



Henry George Quotes: "There can be to the ownership of anything no rightful title which is not derived from the title of the producer and does not rest upon the natural right of the man to himself."

There can be to the ownership of anything no rightful title which is not derived from the title of the producer and does not rest upon the natural right of the man to himself.



Henry George Quotes: "There are people into whose heads it never enters to conceive of any better state of society than that which now exists."

There are people into whose heads it never enters to conceive of any better state of society than that which now exists.



Henry George Quotes: "In all the new states of the Union, land monopolization has gone on at an alarming rate, but in none of them so fast as in California, and in none of them, perhaps, are the evil effects so manifest."

In all the new states of the Union, land monopolization has gone on at an alarming rate, but in none of them so fast as in California, and in none of them, perhaps, are the evil effects so manifest.



Henry George Quotes: "The fundamental principle of human action, the law, that is to political economy what the law of gravitation is to physics is that men seek to gratify their desires with the least exertion"

The fundamental principle of human action, the law, that is to political economy what the law of gravitation is to physics is that men seek to gratify their desires with the least exertion




Henry George Quotes: "Charity is false, futile, and poisonous when offered as a substitute for justice."

Charity is false, futile, and poisonous when offered as a substitute for justice.



Henry George Quotes: "Private ownership of land is the nether mill-stone. Material progress is the upper mill-stone. Between them, with an increasing pressure, the working classes are being ground."

Private ownership of land is the nether mill-stone. Material progress is the upper mill-stone. Between them, with an increasing pressure, the working classes are being ground.



Henry George Quotes: "I propose to beg no question to shrink from no conclusion, but to follow truth wherever it may lead."

I propose to beg no question to shrink from no conclusion, but to follow truth wherever it may lead.



Henry George Quotes: "How can a man be said to have a country when he has not right of a square inch of it."

How can a man be said to have a country when he has not right of a square inch of it.



Henry George Quotes: "Friends are like fiddle strings; they must not be screwed too tight."

Friends are like fiddle strings; they must not be screwed too tight.



Henry George Quotes: "The ideal social state is not that in which each gets an equal amount of wealth, but in which each gets in proportion to his contribution to the general stock."

The ideal social state is not that in which each gets an equal amount of wealth, but in which each gets in proportion to his contribution to the general stock.



Henry George Quotes: "A soldier is he whose blood makes the glory of the general."

A soldier is he whose blood makes the glory of the general.



Henry George Quotes: "The state, it cannot too often be repeated, does nothing, and can give nothing, which it does not take from somebody."

The state, it cannot too often be repeated, does nothing, and can give nothing, which it does not take from somebody.



Henry George Quotes: "Poverty is the openmouthed relentless hell which yawns beneath civilized society. And it is hell enough."

Poverty is the openmouthed relentless hell which yawns beneath civilized society. And it is hell enough.



Henry George Quotes: "For as labor cannot produce without the use of land, the denial of the equal right to the use of land is necessarily the denial of the labor to its own produce."

For as labor cannot produce without the use of land, the denial of the equal right to the use of land is necessarily the denial of the labor to its own produce.



Henry George Quotes: "Every dog is a lion at home."

Every dog is a lion at home.



Henry George Quotes: "Advantage is a better soldier than rashness."

Advantage is a better soldier than rashness.



Henry George Quotes: "Passing into higher forms of desire, that which slumbered in the plant, and fitfully stirred in the beast, awakes in the man."

Passing into higher forms of desire, that which slumbered in the plant, and fitfully stirred in the beast, awakes in the man.



Henry George Quotes: "Capital is a result of labor, and is used by labor to assist it in further production. Labor is the active and initial force, and labor is therefore the employer of capital."

Capital is a result of labor, and is used by labor to assist it in further production. Labor is the active and initial force, and labor is therefore the employer of capital.



Henry George Quotes: "The man who gives me employment, which I must have or suffer, that man is my master, let me call him what I will."

The man who gives me employment, which I must have or suffer, that man is my master, let me call him what I will.



Henry George Quotes: "A young trooper should have an old horse."

A young trooper should have an old horse.



Henry George Quotes: "It is not from top to bottom that societies die; it is from bottom to top."

It is not from top to bottom that societies die; it is from bottom to top.



Henry George Quotes: "He preacheth patience that never knew pain"

He preacheth patience that never knew pain



Henry George Quotes: "Freindships multiply joys and divide griefs"

Freindships multiply joys and divide griefs



Henry George Quotes: "He who sees the truth, let him proclaim it, without asking who is for it or who is against it."

He who sees the truth, let him proclaim it, without asking who is for it or who is against it.



Henry George Quotes: "I do not think that any sorrow of youth or manhood equalled in intensity or duration the black and hopeless misery which followed the wrench of transference from a happy home to a school."

I do not think that any sorrow of youth or manhood equalled in intensity or duration the black and hopeless misery which followed the wrench of transference from a happy home to a school.



Henry George Quotes: "Everybody works but the vacant lot"

Everybody works but the vacant lot



Henry George Quotes: "The march of invention has clothed mankind with powers of which a century ago the boldest imagination could not have dreamt."

The march of invention has clothed mankind with powers of which a century ago the boldest imagination could not have dreamt.



Henry George Quotes: "The value of a thing is the amount of laboring or work that its possession will save the possessor."

The value of a thing is the amount of laboring or work that its possession will save the possessor.



Henry George Quotes: "God showers upon us his gifts-more than enough for all; But like swine scrambling for food, we tread them in the mire, and rend each other."

God showers upon us his gifts-more than enough for all; But like swine scrambling for food, we tread them in the mire, and rend each other.



Henry George Quotes: "That amid our highest civilization men faint and die with want is not due to the niggardliness of nature, but to the injustice of man."

That amid our highest civilization men faint and die with want is not due to the niggardliness of nature, but to the injustice of man.



Henry George Quotes: "Progressive societies outgrow institutions as children outgrow clothes."

Progressive societies outgrow institutions as children outgrow clothes.



Henry George Quotes: "The methods by which a trade union can alone act, are necessarily destructive; its organization is necessarily tyrannical."

The methods by which a trade union can alone act, are necessarily destructive; its organization is necessarily tyrannical.



Henry George Quotes: "Nature, time and patience are three great physicians."

Nature, time and patience are three great physicians.



Henry George Quotes: "The people themselves must think, because the people alone can act."

The people themselves must think, because the people alone can act.



Henry George Quotes: "He who has good health is young."

He who has good health is young.



Henry George Quotes: "Hunger finds no fault with the cookery."

Hunger finds no fault with the cookery.



Henry George Quotes: "If you would wish the dog to follow you, feed him"

If you would wish the dog to follow you, feed him



Henry George Quotes: "The word capital, as philologists trace it, comes down to us from a time when wealth was estimated in cattle, and a man's income depended upon the number of head he could keep for their increase."

The word capital, as philologists trace it, comes down to us from a time when wealth was estimated in cattle, and a man's income depended upon the number of head he could keep for their increase.



Henry George Quotes: "Social progress makes the well-being of all more and more the business of each."

Social progress makes the well-being of all more and more the business of each.



Henry George Quotes: "How many men are there who fairly earn a million dollars?"

How many men are there who fairly earn a million dollars?



Henry George Quotes: "Use soft words in hard arguments."

Use soft words in hard arguments.