Henry GeorgeThinkers

The Aristocrat is, in America, represented as much as in the most aristocratic countries of the world. They are men of power, whose favor the ambitious must court and whose vengeance he must avoid.

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.

A Crank is a little thing that makes revolutions.

Empathy is rare — He preacheth patience that never knew pain.

Labor is most productive where its wages are largest. Poorly paid labor is inefficient labor, the world over.

Man (human) is the only animal whose des ires increase as they are fed, the only animal that is never satisfied.

Patience is easy for the privileged — He preacheth patience that never knew pain.

Political economy is governed by a fundamental principle of human action akin to what the law of gravitation is to physics; that men seek to gratify their desires with the least exertion.

Poverty is not merely deprivation; it means shame, degradation.

Poverty is the open-mouthed relentless hell which yawns beneath civilized society.

Privilege is to not know pain — He preacheth patience that never knew pain.