"There can be to the ownership of anything……" — Henry George
"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 upon the natural right of the man to himself."
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52 Quotes by Henry George
Henry George has 52 quotes on this site.
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It is not the business of government to make men virtuous or religious, or to preserve the fool from the…
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That alone is wise which is just; that alone is enduring which is right.
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Poverty is the openmouthed relentless hell which yawns beneath civilized society. And it is hell enough.
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The man who gives me employment, which I must have or suffer, that man is my master, let me call…
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He who sees the truth, let him proclaim it, without asking who is for it or who is against it.
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He who by an exertion of mind or body, adds to the aggregate of enjoyable wealth, increases the sum of…
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Let no man imagine that he has no influence. Whoever he may be, and wherever he may be placed, the…
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For every social wrong there must be a remedy. But the remedy can be nothing less than the abolition of…
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How vainly shall we endeavor to repress crime by our barbarous punishment of the poorer class of criminals so long…
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Poorly paid labor is inefficient labor, the world over.
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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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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 Derived Quotes
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one of 319 quotes in that category. Here are a few more:
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Do not measure your loss by itself; if you do, it will seem intolerable; but if you will take all…
— Saint Basil
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I do transcendental meditation, which is, I suppose, derived from Vedic or Ayurvedic principles, which is sort of Hindu principles.
— Russell Brand
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The whole world appears to me like a huge vacuum, a vast empty space, whence nothing desirable, or at least…
— David Brainerd
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If the people are happy, united, wealthy, and powerful, we presume the rest. We conclude that to be good from…
— Edmund Burke
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The fruit derived from labor is the sweetest of pleasures.
— Luc de Clapiers
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Under current federal policy on human embryonic stem cell research, only those stem cell lines derived before August 9, 2001…
— Tom Allen
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In evolution, as in all areas of science, our knowledge is incomplete. But the entire success of the scientific enterprise…
— Bruce Alberts
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America does not seem to remember that it derived its wealth, its values, its food, much of its medicine, and…
— Paula Gunn Allen
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It is impossible to talk of respect for students for the dignity that is in the process of coming to…
— Paulo Freire
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It is therefore indisputable that the limbs of architecture are derived from the limbs of man.
— Michelangelo
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It is not from nature, but from education and habits, that our wants are chiefly derived.
— Henry Fielding
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My hand moves because certain forces--electric, magnetic, or whatever 'nerve-force' may prove to be--are impressed on it by my brain.…
— Lewis Carroll
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