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Henry Hazlitt Quotes about Giving

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The government has nothing to give to anybody that it doesn't first take from someone else.

The government has nothing to give to anybody that it doesn't first take from someone else.

Henry Hazlitt
Government, Giving, Firsts
Henry Hazlitt (1971). “Man Vs. the Welfare State”, p.70, Ludwig von Mises Institute

The way to get a maximum rate of 'economic growth' assuming this to be our aim - is to give maximum encouragement to production, employment, saving, and investment. And the way to do this is to maintain a free market and a sound currency.

Henry Hazlitt
Encouragement, Giving, Growth
Henry Hazlitt (1971). “Man Vs. the Welfare State”, p.135, Ludwig von Mises Institute

Government can't give us anything without depriving us of something else.

Henry Hazlitt
Government, Giving, Political

The more 'adequate' we make relief, the more people we are going to find willing to get on it and stay on it indefinitely. The more we try to make sure that everybody really in need of relief gets it, the more certain we can be that we are also giving it to people who neither need nor deserve it.

Henry Hazlitt
People, Giving, Trying
Henry Hazlitt (1996). “The Conquest of Poverty”

No matter whether it is their intention or not, almost anything that the rich can legally do tends to help the poor. The spending of the rich gives employment to the poor. But the saving of the rich, and their investment of these savings in the means of production, gives just as much employment, and in addition makes that employment constantly more productive and more highly paid, while it also constantly increases and cheapens the production of necessities and amenities for the masses.

Henry Hazlitt
Mean, Giving, Saving
Henry Hazlitt, Hans F. Sennholz (1993). “The Wisdom of Henry Hazlitt”, Foundation for Economic Education

Would-be income guarantors ignore or despise the capitalistic system that makes their dreams dreamable and gives their redistribute-the-income proposals whatever plausibility they have.

Henry Hazlitt
Dream, Giving, Would Be
Henry Hazlitt (1983). “Man vs. the welfare state”, Univ Pr of Amer

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