Quote by Henry George
The march of invention has clothed mankind with powers of which a

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

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What has destroyed every previous civilization has been the tendency to the unequal distribution of wealth and power. – Henry George

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

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There is danger in reckless change, but greater danger in blind conservatism. – Henry George

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Writing poetry is the hard manual labor of the imagination. – Ishmael Reed

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Generally speaking, a howling wilderness does not howl: it is the imagination of the traveler that does the howling. – Henry David Thoreau

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My true function within a society which embraces all of us is to continue an age-old tradition. This tradition is to create images from the depths of the imagination and to give them form, whether visual, intellectual or musical. – Michael Tippett

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Imagination has brought mankind through the dark ages to its present state of civilization. Imagination led Columbus to discover America. Imagination led Franklin to discover electricity. – L. Frank Baum

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