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.
Charity is false, futile, and poisonous when offered as a substitute for justice. - Henry George
Charity is false, futile, and poisonous when offered as a substitute for justice.
- Henry George
It is not the business of government to make men virtuous or religious, or to preserve the fool from the consequences of his own folly. Government sh… - Henry George
It is not the business of government to make men virtuous or religious, or to preserve the fool from the consequences of his own folly. Government sh…
What has destroyed every previous civilization has been the tendency to the unequal distribution of wealth and power. - Henry George
What has destroyed every previous civilization has been the tendency to the unequal distribution of wealth and power.
Man is the only animal whose desires increase as they are fed; the only animal that is never satisfied. - Henry George
Man is the only animal whose desires increase as they are fed; the only animal that is never satisfied.
The equal right of all men to the use of land is as clear as their equal right to breathe the air it is a right proclaimed by the fact of their exist… - Henry George
The equal right of all men to the use of land is as clear as their equal right to breathe the air it is a right proclaimed by the fact of their exist…
Poorly paid labor is inefficient labor, the world over. - Henry George
Poorly paid labor is inefficient labor, the world over.
There is danger in reckless change, but greater danger in blind conservatism. - Henry George
There is danger in reckless change, but greater danger in blind conservatism.
Laissez faire (in its full true meaning) opens the way to the realization of the noble dreams of socialism. - Henry George
Laissez faire (in its full true meaning) opens the way to the realization of the noble dreams of socialism.
Social reform is not to be secured by noise and shouting; by complaints and denunciation; by the formation of parties, or the making of revolutions; … - Henry George
Social reform is not to be secured by noise and shouting; by complaints and denunciation; by the formation of parties, or the making of revolutions; …
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