Quote by Henry George
What has destroyed every previous civilization has been the tenden

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 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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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. – Henry George

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Capitalism
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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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alone
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Arbitrary power is like most other things which are very hard, very liable to be broken. – Abigail Adams

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Circumstances are beyond human control, but our conduct is in our own power. – Benjamin Disraeli

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power

It is said that power corrupts, but actually its more true that power attracts the corruptible. The sane are usually attracted by other things than power. – David Brin

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power

Im not a power person. I like everyone to be on an equal footing. – Jack Nicholson

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Civil strife is as much a greater evil than a concerted war effort as war itself is worse than peace. – Herodotus

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To believe in immortality is one thing, but it is first needful to believe in life. – Robert Louis Stevenson

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