The fundamental principle of human action, the law, that is to political economy what the law of gravitation is to physics is that men seek to gratify their desires with the least exertion

Quote by Henry George

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

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

Let no man imagine that he has no influence. Whoever he may be, and wherever...

Let no man imagine that he has no influence. Whoever he may be, and wherever...

Capital is a result of labor, and is used by labor to assist it in...

Capital is a result of labor, and is used by labor to assist it in...

Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise...

Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise...

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

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

Man is the only animal whose desires increase as they are fed; the only animal...

Man is the only animal whose desires increase as they are fed; the only animal...

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

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

The man who gives me employment, which I must have or suffer, that man is...

The man who gives me employment, which I must have or suffer, that man is...

The march of invention has clothed mankind with powers of which a century ago the...

The march of invention has clothed mankind with powers of which a century ago the...

Poorly paid labor is inefficient labor, the world over.

Poorly paid labor is inefficient labor, the world over.

Let no man imagine that he has no influence. Whoever he may be, and wherever...

Let no man imagine that he has no influence. Whoever he may be, and wherever...

The march of invention has clothed mankind with powers of which a century ago the...

The march of invention has clothed mankind with powers of which a century ago the...

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

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

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

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

How can a man be said to have a country when he has not right...

How can a man be said to have a country when he has not right...

Progressive societies outgrow institutions as children outgrow clothes.

Progressive societies outgrow institutions as children outgrow clothes.

Poorly paid labor is inefficient labor, the world over

Poorly paid labor is inefficient labor, the world over

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

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

It is very pious to say and prudent to affirm that the holy Bible can...

It is very pious to say and prudent to affirm that the holy Bible can...

Religions die when they are proved to be true. Science is the record of dead...

Religions die when they are proved to be true. Science is the record of dead...