henry george - narrated - part 3

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The Life and Legacy of the 19th Century’s Foremost Political Economist Henry George (1839-1897) PART 3 Written and Narrated by Edward J. Dodson, M.L.A. Revised February 2010

George’s Final Major Contribution to the Science of Political Economy : 

George’s Final Major Contribution to the Science of Political Economy

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Accepting the nomination in a speech delivered at Cooper Union on 5 October, he declared: “I have not sought this nomination directly or indirectly. It has been repugnant to me. My line lay in a different path, and I hoped to tread it; but I hope with Thomas Jefferson that while a citizen who can afford to should not seek office, no man can ignore the will of those with whom he stands when they have asked him to come to the front and represent a principle.”

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He tells his supporters: “I have never claimed to be a special friend of labour. Let us have done with this call for special privileges for labour. Labour does not want special privileges. I have never advocated nor asked for special privileges or special sympathy for working men! What I stand for is the equal rights of all men!”

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His son wrote later, “He died a hero’s death. He died as he would have wished to die – on the battlefield, spending his last strength in a blow at the enemies of the people.”

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Epitaph “The truth that I have tried to make clear will not find easy acceptance. If that could be, it would have been accepted long ago. If that could be, it would never have been obscured. But it will find friends – those who will toil for it; suffer for it; if need be, die for it. This is the power of Truth.”

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He writes: “Aside from the filling in of summaries …, the addition of an index, and the correction of a few obvious clerical errors, the work is here presented exactly as it was left by the author…”

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Tom L. Johnson

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Louis F. Post

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Lawson Purdy

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Fairhope, Alabama

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Joseph Fels

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Pennsylvania

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1920 Ticket for the Single Tax Party Robert C. Macauley Carrie Chapman Catt

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1924 Ticket for the Commonwealth Land Party An image of William J. Wallace is not available John C. Lincoln

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Henry George School of Social Science today in New York Headquarters from 1938 to 1981

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John Dewey

High Profile Advocates:Winston Churchill : 

High Profile Advocates:Winston Churchill

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Churchill declares: “It is quite true that the land monopoly is not the only monopoly which exists, but it is by far the greatest of monopolies -- is a perpetual monopoly, and it is the mother of all other forms of monopoly. It is quite true that unearned increments in land are not the only form of unearned or undeserved profit which individuals are able to secure; but it is the principal form of unearned increment which is derived from processes which are not merely not beneficial, but which are positively detrimental to the general public. ...”

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“Land, which is a necessity of human existence, which is the original source of all wealth, which is strictly limited in extent, which is fixed in geographical position -- land, I say, differs from all other forms of property in these primary and fundamental conditions.”

High Profile Advocates:Sun Yat-sen : 

High Profile Advocates:Sun Yat-sen

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In this essay, he argued that "China's agrarian problems were not the consequence of overpopulation or of the insufficiency of arable land," but rather of inadequate transport, internal trade barriers, and unfair import competition.

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When he was asked what the policy of China was he responded, "We propose that the government shall levy a tax proportionate to the price of the land, and if necessary buy back the land according to its price."

High Profile Advocates:Albert Einstein : 

High Profile Advocates:Albert Einstein

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“I have read for most parts Henry George’s book with extraordinary interest and I believe, that its main outline represents an indisputable point of view, particularly with regard to the cause of poverty.”

High Profile Advocates:Frederic C. Howe : 

High Profile Advocates:Frederic C. Howe

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“Men who worked the hardest and who had often the greatest ability received the smallest returns. Those who contributed most to the community by building up industry, producing useful things, for some reason or other did not rise. But year after year the other group grew richer and acquired social and political power.”

High Profile Advocates:Francis Neilson : 

High Profile Advocates:Francis Neilson

High Profile Advocates:Albert Jay Nock : 

High Profile Advocates:Albert Jay Nock

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