Author: Henry George

Quotes

What has destroyed every previous civilization has been the tendency to the unequal distribution of wealth and power.

What has destroyed every previous civilization has been the tendency to the unequal distribution of wealth and power.

- Henry George

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

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

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

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

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

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