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 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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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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Imagination
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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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There is no meaning to life except the meaning man gives his life by the unfolding of his powers. – Erich Fromm

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power

Prayer is commission. Out of the quietness with God, power is generated that turns the spiritual machinery of the world. When you pray, you begin to feel the sense of being sent, that the divine compulsion is upon you. – E. Stanley Jones

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power

Power without a nations confidence is nothing. – Catherine the Great

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Anyone entrusted with power will abuse it if not also animated with the love of truth and virtue, no matter whether he be a prince, or one of the people. – Jean de La Fontaine

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In many areas of understanding, none so much as in our understanding of God, we bump up against a simplicity so profound that we must assign complexities to it to comprehend it at all. It is mindful of how we paste decals to a sliding glass door to keep from bumping our nose against it. – Robert Brault, rbrault.blogspot.com

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It is not the constitutional prerogative of the Government to determine needs. – David Mamet

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