"The value of a thing is the amount……" — Henry George

"The value of a thing is the amount of laboring or work that its possession will save the possessor."

— Henry George

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52 Quotes by Henry George

Henry George has 52 quotes on this site. A few more worth reading:

It is not the business of government to make men virtuous or religious, or to preserve the fool from the…
That alone is wise which is just; that alone is enduring which is right.
Poverty is the openmouthed relentless hell which yawns beneath civilized society. And it is hell enough.
The man who gives me employment, which I must have or suffer, that man is my master, let me call…
He who sees the truth, let him proclaim it, without asking who is for it or who is against it.
He who by an exertion of mind or body, adds to the aggregate of enjoyable wealth, increases the sum of…
Let no man imagine that he has no influence. Whoever he may be, and wherever he may be placed, the…
For every social wrong there must be a remedy. But the remedy can be nothing less than the abolition of…
How vainly shall we endeavor to repress crime by our barbarous punishment of the poorer class of criminals so long…
Poorly paid labor is inefficient labor, the world over.
That which is unjust can really profit no one; that which is just can really harm no one.
The march of invention has clothed mankind with powers of which a century ago the boldest imagination could not have…

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More Amount Quotes

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The new always happens against the overwhelming odds of statistical laws and their probability, which for all practical, everyday purposes… — Hannah Arendt
Wikileaks is a mechanism to maximize the flow of information to maximize the amount of action leading to just reform. — Julian Assange
The one thing I regret was that my work required an enormous amount of my time, and a lot of… — Neil Armstrong
NASA has been one of the most successful public investments in motivating students to do well and achieve all they… — Neil Armstrong
You need a certain amount of nerve to be a writer. — Margaret Atwood
The amount of things I have been through and the remarkable ways in which the body has reacted is just… — Amitabh Bachchan
Small amounts of philosophy lead to atheism, but larger amounts bring us back to God. — Francis Bacon
The most certain test by which we judge whether a country is really free is the amount of security enjoyed… — Lord Acton
The reason I did fashion was it was the only way to get paid to do anything creative. You couldn't… — David Bailey
But I enjoyed getting sick, I didn't mind it at all. So in that short amount of time, I did… — Christian Bale
And as I stumbled onto Eastern philosophy and Buddhism, it was the first time I had ever read any sort… — Alan Ball
Excess of joy is harder to bear than any amount of sorrow. — Honore de Balzac

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