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Man is the only animal whose desires increase as they are fed; the only animal that is never satisfied.

Man is the only animal whose desires increase as they are fed; the only animal that is never satisfied.

Henry George
Philosophy, Men, Animal
Henry George (2006). “Progress and Poverty”, p.98, Cosimo, Inc.

Poorly paid labor is inefficient labor, the world over.

Henry George
Philosophy, Economic Inequality, Political
Henry George (1911). “The complete works of Henry George”

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

Henry George
Philosophy, Political, Unjust
Henry George (1973). “The Land Question: What it Involves, and how Alone it Can be Settled”, New York : AMS Press

The march of invention has clothed mankind with powers of which a century ago the boldest imagination could not have dreamt.

Henry George
Philosophy, Imagination, Political
Louis Freeland Post, Henry George (1899). “The Single Tax: An Explanation, with Colored Charts and Illustrated Notes of the Land, Labor, and Fiscal Reform Advocated by Henry George”

As Mazzini said ... it is around the standard of duty rather than around the standard of self-interest that men must rally to win the rights of man. And herein may we see the deep philosophy of Him who bade men love their neighbors as themselves. In that spirit, and in no other, is the power to solve social problems and carry civilization onward.

Henry George
Philosophy, Men, Winning
Henry George (1898). “Social Problems”

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

Henry George
Philosophy, Organization, Political
Henry George (1911). “perplexed philosopher [Herbert Spencer”

My primary object is to defend and advance a principle in which I see the only possible relief from much that enthralls and degrades and distorts, turning light to darkness and good to evil, rather than to gage a philosopher or weigh a philosophy. Yet the examination I propose must lead to a decisive judgment upon both.

Henry George
Philosophy, Light, Evil
Henry George (2014). “A Perplexed Philosopher: Being an Examination of Mr. Herbert Spencer's Various Utterances on the Land Question, with Some Incidental Reference to His Synthetic Philosophy”, p.6, epubli

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