Top Ten Best Henry George Quotes
Henry George was an American economic & social philosopher who popularized the economic policies which became known as Georgism.The Top Ten
1 If thinking men are few, they are for that reason all the more powerful. 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.
2 Social reform is not to be secured by noise and shouting; by complaints and denunciation; by the formation of parties, or the making of revolutions; but by the awakening of thought and the progress of ideas.
3 Until there be correct thought,there cannot be right action;& when there is correct thought,right action will follow.Power is always in the hands of the masses of men.What oppresses the masses is their own ignorance,their own short-sighted selfishness.
4 I care nothing for creeds..not concerned with any1's religious belief..men think for themselves.If we do not,we can only abandon1superstition to take up another,&it may be a worse 1..as bad for a man to think..he can know nothing as to think he knows all.
5 As man is so constituted that it is utterly impossible for him to attain happiness save by seeking..happiness of others,so does it seem..nature of things that individuals&classes can obtain their own just rights only by struggling for the rights of others
6 To prevent government..becoming corrupt&tyrannous,its organization&methods should be..simple as possible,its functions..restricted..those necessary to..common welfare,&in all..parts..kept..close to..people&as directly within their control as may be.
7 More is given to us than to any people at any time before;&,therefore,more is required of us.We have made,& still are making,enormous advances on material lines.It is necessary that we commensurately advance on moral lines.
8 Civilization,as it progresses,requires a higher conscience,a keener sense of justice,a warmer brotherhood,a wider,loftier,truer public spirit.Falling these,civilization must pass into destruction.It cannot be maintained on the ethics of savagery.
9 The great work of the present for every man, and every organization of men, who would improve social conditions, is the work of education — the propagation of ideas. It is only as it aids this that anything else can avail.
10 Whoever becomes imbued with a noble idea kindles a flame from which other torches are lit,& influences those with whom he comes in contact, be they few or many. How far that influence, thus perpetuated, may extend, it is not given to him here to see.
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