All Henry George Quotes
- How many men are there who fairly earn a million dollars? Dollars
- Compare society to a boat. Her progress through the water will not depend upon the exertion of her crew, but upon the exertion devoted to… Among
- As it becomes more and more difficult to get land, so will the virtual enslavement of the laboring-classe s go on. As the value of… Bare
- The protection of the masses has in all times been the pretense of tyranny - the plea of monarchy, of aristocracy, of special privilege of… All
- Everybody works but the vacant lot Everybody
- I propose to beg no question to shrink from no conclusion, but to follow truth wherever it may lead. Beg
- 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… Air
- There are people into whose heads it never enters to conceive of any better state of society than that which now exists. Any
- It is but a truism that labor is most productive where its wages are largest. Poorly paid labor is inefficient labor, the world over. Inefficient
- Liberty calls to us again. We must follow her further; we must trust her fully. Either we must wholly accept her or she will not… Accept
- Laissez faire (in its full true meaning) opens the way to the realization of the noble dreams of socialism. Dream
- 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… All
- The tax upon land values is the most just and equal of all taxes. It falls only upon those who receive from society a peculiar… All
- 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… Cannot Produce
- 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… Derived
- 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. Amid
- 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… Amount
- What has destroyed every previous civilization has been the tendency to the unequal distribution of wealth and power. Been
- Man is the only animal whose desires increase as they are fed; the only animal that is never satisfied. Animal
- There is danger in reckless change, but greater danger in blind conservatism. Blind
- How can a man be said to have a country when he has not right of a square inch of it. Country
- 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… Active
- So long as all the increased wealth which modern progress brings goes but to build up great fortunes, to increase luxury and make sharper the… All
- No person, I think, ever saw a herd of buffalo, of which a few were fat and the great majority lean. No person ever saw… All
- There are three ways by which an individual can get wealth-by work, by gift, and by theft. And, clearly, the reasons why the workers get… Beggar