Henry George
Economist
1839-09-02
Quotes by Henry George
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The methods by which a trade union can alone act, are necessarily destructive its organization is necessarily tyrannical.
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Progressive societies outgrow institutions as children outgrow clothes.
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How can a man be said to have a country when he has not right of a square inch of it.
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The methods by which a trade union can alone act, are necessarily destructive; its organization is necessarily tyrannical.
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What has destroyed every previous civilization has been the tendency to the unequal distribution of wealth and power.
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That which is unjust can really profit no one; that which is just can really harm no one.
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Man is the only animal whose desires increase as they are fed; the only animal that is never satisfied.
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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.
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