"To prevent government from becoming corrupt and tyrannous, its organization and methods should be as simple as possible, its functions be restricted to those necessary to the common welfare, and in all its parts it should be kept as close to the people and as directly within their control as may be."

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Source : Henry George (2006). “Social Problems”, p.171, Cosimo, Inc.

Henry George

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“Every now and then, bite off more than you can chew.”
“You can't know if your values are being violated if you're ambiguous about what they are”
“I think I've been lucky, being my frequent appearances on Court TV have brought to me another level than just the actor guy.”
“Outside the leaves on the trees constricted slightly; they were the deep done green of the beginning of autumn. It was a Sunday in September. There would only be four. The clouds were high and the swallows would be here for another month or so before they left for the south before they returned again next summer.”
“When you think about the guys who started Twitter, and the Google guys, and the Facebook guys and the Napster guys, and the Microsoft guys, and the Dell guys and the Instagram guys, it's all guys. The girls, they're being left behind.”
“Publishing for me is a business, not an ideology.”
“Lord please break the laws of the universe for my convenience. Amen.”
“An apology for America's values is never the right course.”

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