There are only three ways by which any individual can get wealth — by work, by gift or by theft. And, clearly, the reason why the workers get so little is that the beggars and thieves get so much.
Henry GeorgeLaissez faire (in its full true meaning) opens the way to the realization of the noble dreams of socialism.
Henry GeorgeThe state, it cannot too often be repeated, does nothing, and can give nothing, which it does not take from somebody.
Henry GeorgeAs it becomes more and more difficult to get land, so will the virtual enslavement of the laboring-classe s go on. As the value of land rises, more and more of the earnings of labor will be demanded for the use of land, until finally nothing is left to laborers but the wages of slavery -- a bare living.
Henry George