Henry George Quotes About Economics

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

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  Henry George

  Philosophy   Political   Unjust  

  Henry George (1973). “The Land Question: What it Involves, and how Alone it Can be Settled”, New York : AMS Press

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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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  Henry George

  Philosophy   Men   Animal  

  Henry George (2006). “Progress and Poverty”, p.98, Cosimo, Inc.

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• 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.

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  Henry George

  Money   Work   Way  

  "Social Problems".

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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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  Henry George

  Philosophy   Organization   Political  

  Henry George (1911). “perplexed philosopher [Herbert Spencer”

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

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  Henry George

  Philosophy   Imagination   Political  

  Louis Freeland Post, Henry George (1899). “The Single Tax: An Explanation, with Colored Charts and Illustrated Notes of the Land, Labor, and Fiscal Reform Advocated by Henry George”

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• Poorly paid labor is inefficient labor, the world over.

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  Henry George

  Philosophy   Economic Inequality   Political  

  Henry George (1911). “The complete works of Henry George”

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