KeenBrain
KeenBrain
KeenBrain

Henry George Quotes


Share this page on

Quotes by Henry George

Showing 1-10 of 14 Quotes by Henry George

There is danger in reckless change, but greater danger in blind conservatism.

~Henry George

Topics: None

Keywords: None


Suggest an Edit


Cite the source


Save to Favorites


Collect


He who sees the truth, let him proclaim it, without asking who is for it or who is against it.

~Henry George

Topics: None

Keywords: None


Suggest an Edit


Cite the source


Save to Favorites


Collect


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

~Henry George

Topics: None

Keywords: None


Suggest an Edit


Cite the source


Save to Favorites


Collect


Poorly paid labor is inefficient labor, the world over.

~Henry George

Topics: None

Keywords: None


Suggest an Edit


Cite the source


Save to Favorites


Collect


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

~Henry George

Topics: None

Keywords: None


Suggest an Edit


Cite the source


Save to Favorites


Collect


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

Topics: None

Keywords: None


Suggest an Edit


Cite the source


Save to Favorites


Collect


The methods by which a trade union can alone act, are necessarily destructive; its organization is necessarily tyrannical.

~Henry George

Topics: None

Keywords: None


Suggest an Edit


Cite the source


Save to Favorites


Collect


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 labor is therefore the employer of capital.

~Henry George

Topics: None

Keywords: None


Suggest an Edit


Cite the source


Save to Favorites


Collect


How many men are there who fairly earn a million dollars?

~Henry George

Topics: None

Keywords: None


Suggest an Edit


Cite the source


Save to Favorites


Collect


How can a man be said to have a country when he has not right of a square inch of it.

~Henry George

Topics: None

Keywords: None


Suggest an Edit


Cite the source


Save to Favorites


Collect


Biography

Nationality: American

Type: Economist

Born: September 2nd, 1839

Died: October 29th, 1897

Links

Find Henry George on Amazon

Related Authors

Milton Friedman
John Kenneth Galbraith
Alan Greenspan
Robert Reich
Murray Rothbard
Paul Samuelson
Thomas Sowell
Thorstein Veblen

Popular Authors

Susan B. Anthony W. Edwards Deming Robert Frost D. H. Lawrence Norman Vincent Peale Jenn Proske Jean-Paul Sartre Frank Sinatra

Change your beliefs...change your life.

Get a related quote or insight every day.

(it's 100% free)

Follow Us On

Today's Birthdays

1694 - Voltaire

1768 - Friedrich Schleiermacher

1787 - Bryan Procter

1863 - Arthur Quiller-Couch

1870 - Alexander Berkman

1886 - Harold Nicolson

1889 - Hugh Kingsmill

1898 - Rene Magritte

1904 - Coleman Hawkins

1907 - Jim Bishop

Birthdays on November 21st
All Birthdays

Popular Topics

Age Attitude Birthday Experience Knowledge Music Society Trust