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Henry Hazlitt Quotes By Henry Hazlitt: Inflation is a form of tax, a tax

Inflation is a form of tax, a tax that we all collectively must pay. — Henry Hazlitt

Henry Hazlitt Quotes By Henry Hazlitt: The typical political ploy was to load up

The typical political ploy was to load up benefits in the present and push costs into the future. Yet that future always arrived; — Henry Hazlitt

Henry Hazlitt Quotes By Henry Hazlitt: A strong passion for any object will ensure

A strong passion for any object will ensure success, for the desire of the end will point out the means. — Henry Hazlitt

Henry Hazlitt Quotes By Henry Hazlitt: Today is already the tomorrow which the bad

Today is already the tomorrow which the bad economist yesterday urged us to ignore. — Henry Hazlitt

Henry Hazlitt Quotes By Henry Hazlitt: Each of us must also sell something, even

Each of us must also sell something, even if for most of us it is our own services rather than goods, in order to get the purchasing power to buy. — Henry Hazlitt

Henry Hazlitt Quotes By Henry Hazlitt: A man will put forth greater efforts to

A man will put forth greater efforts to save himself from ruin than he will merely to improve his position. — Henry Hazlitt

Henry Hazlitt Quotes By Henry Hazlitt: What is put into the hands of B

What is put into the hands of B cannot be put into the hands of A. — Henry Hazlitt

Henry Hazlitt Quotes By Henry Hazlitt: The government has nothing to give to anybody

The government has nothing to give to anybody that it doesn't first take from someone else. — Henry Hazlitt

Henry Hazlitt Quotes By Henry Hazlitt: Eternal vigilance is the price of an open

Eternal vigilance is the price of an open mind. — Henry Hazlitt

Henry Hazlitt Quotes By Henry Hazlitt: What is really being lent is not money,

What is really being lent is not money, which is merely the medium of exchange, but capital. — Henry Hazlitt

Henry Hazlitt Quotes By Henry Hazlitt: Capitalism will continue to eliminate mass poverty in

Capitalism will continue to eliminate mass poverty in more and more places and to an increasingly marked extent if it is merely permitted to do so. — Henry Hazlitt

Henry Hazlitt Quotes By Henry Hazlitt: The idea that an expanding economy implies that

The idea that an expanding economy implies that all industries must be simultaneously expanding is a profound error. — Henry Hazlitt

Henry Hazlitt Quotes By Henry Hazlitt: There is no limit to the amount of

There is no limit to the amount of work to be done as long as any human need or wish that work could fill remains unsatisfied. — Henry Hazlitt

Henry Hazlitt Quotes By Henry Hazlitt: Saving" in short, in the modern world, is

Saving" in short, in the modern world, is only another form of spending. — Henry Hazlitt

Henry Hazlitt Quotes By Henry Hazlitt: Rent control, however, encourages wasteful use of space.

Rent control, however, encourages wasteful use of space. — Henry Hazlitt

Henry Hazlitt Quotes By Henry Hazlitt: A man who is good from docility, and

A man who is good from docility, and not from stern self-control, has no character. — Henry Hazlitt

Henry Hazlitt Quotes By Henry Hazlitt: Practically all government attempts to redistribute wealth and

Practically all government attempts to redistribute wealth and income tend to smother productive incentives and lead toward general impoverishment. — Henry Hazlitt

Henry Hazlitt Quotes By Henry Hazlitt: The 'private sector' of the economy is, in

The 'private sector' of the economy is, in fact, the voluntary sector; and the 'public sector' is, in fact, the coercive sector. — Henry Hazlitt

Henry Hazlitt Quotes By Henry Hazlitt: Government can't give us anything without depriving us

Government can't give us anything without depriving us of something else. — Henry Hazlitt

Henry Hazlitt Quotes By Henry Hazlitt: One occupation can expand only at the expense

One occupation can expand only at the expense of all other occupations. — Henry Hazlitt

Henry Hazlitt Quotes By Henry Hazlitt: Government planning always involves compulsion.

Government planning always involves compulsion. — Henry Hazlitt

Henry Hazlitt Quotes By Henry Hazlitt: What a commodity has cost to produce in

What a commodity has cost to produce in the past cannot determine its value. That will depend on the present relationship of supply and demand. — Henry Hazlitt

Henry Hazlitt Quotes By Henry Hazlitt: Bureaucrats denounce private enterprise for the consequences of

Bureaucrats denounce private enterprise for the consequences of their own reckless policies and demand still more governmental controls. — Henry Hazlitt

Henry Hazlitt Quotes By Henry Hazlitt: The real solution to the problem of poverty

The real solution to the problem of poverty consists in finding how to increase the employment and earning power of the poor. — Henry Hazlitt

Henry Hazlitt Quotes By Henry Hazlitt: For every alleged benefit that the politicians confer

For every alleged benefit that the politicians confer upon us, they must necessarily deprive us of something else. — Henry Hazlitt

Henry Hazlitt Quotes By Henry Hazlitt: What inflation really does is to change the

What inflation really does is to change the relationships of prices and costs. — Henry Hazlitt

Henry Hazlitt Quotes By Henry Hazlitt: No man burns down his own house on

No man burns down his own house on the theory that the need to rebuild it will stimulate his energies. — Henry Hazlitt

Henry Hazlitt Quotes By Henry Hazlitt: Need is not demand. Effective economic demand requires

Need is not demand. Effective economic demand requires not merely need but corresponding purchasing power. — Henry Hazlitt

Henry Hazlitt Quotes By Henry Hazlitt: When providing employment becomes the end, need becomes

When providing employment becomes the end, need becomes a subordinate consideration. — Henry Hazlitt

Henry Hazlitt Quotes By Henry Hazlitt: There can be little doubt that many egalitarians

There can be little doubt that many egalitarians are motivated at least partly by envy. — Henry Hazlitt

Henry Hazlitt Quotes By Henry Hazlitt: Socialism: An Economic and Sociological Analysis (London: Jonathan

Socialism: An Economic and Sociological Analysis (London: Jonathan Cape, 1936, 1969) — Henry Hazlitt

Henry Hazlitt Quotes By Henry Hazlitt: Taxation for public housing destroys as many jobs

Taxation for public housing destroys as many jobs in other lines as it creates in housing. — Henry Hazlitt

Henry Hazlitt Quotes By Henry Hazlitt: In a thousand fields the welfarists, statists, socialists,

In a thousand fields the welfarists, statists, socialists, and interventionists are daily driving for more restrictions on individual liberty. — Henry Hazlitt

Henry Hazlitt Quotes By Henry Hazlitt: They tell us how much better off economically

They tell us how much better off economically we all are in war than in peace. — Henry Hazlitt

Henry Hazlitt Quotes By Henry Hazlitt: The future of human liberty ... means the

The future of human liberty ... means the future of civilization. — Henry Hazlitt

Henry Hazlitt Quotes By Henry Hazlitt: Contrary to age-old prejudices, the wealth of the

Contrary to age-old prejudices, the wealth of the rich is not the cause of the poverty of the poor, but helps to alleviate that poverty. — Henry Hazlitt

Henry Hazlitt Quotes By Henry Hazlitt: Nothing is easier to achieve than full employment,

Nothing is easier to achieve than full employment, once it is divorced from the goal of full production and taken as an end in itself — Henry Hazlitt

Henry Hazlitt Quotes By Henry Hazlitt: The tendency of welfare spending in the United

The tendency of welfare spending in the United States has been to increase at an exponential rate. — Henry Hazlitt

Henry Hazlitt Quotes By Henry Hazlitt: The government never lends or gives anything to

The government never lends or gives anything to business that it does not take away from business. — Henry Hazlitt

Henry Hazlitt Quotes By Henry Hazlitt: Liberty is the essential basis, the sine qua

Liberty is the essential basis, the sine qua non, of morality. — Henry Hazlitt

Henry Hazlitt Quotes By Henry Hazlitt: If precious metals had been abundant, they would

If precious metals had been abundant, they would not have been precious. — Henry Hazlitt

Henry Hazlitt Quotes By Henry Hazlitt: It is typical of government price-fixing schemes that

It is typical of government price-fixing schemes that they escape one undesired consequence only by plunging into another and usually worse one. — Henry Hazlitt

Henry Hazlitt Quotes By Henry Hazlitt: Prolonged inflation never 'stimulates' the economy. On the

Prolonged inflation never 'stimulates' the economy. On the contrary, it unbalances, disrupts, and misdirects production and employment. — Henry Hazlitt

Henry Hazlitt Quotes By Henry Hazlitt: It is best to avoid analogy except for

It is best to avoid analogy except for purposes of suggestion, or as a rhetorical device for explaining an idea already arrived at by other means. — Henry Hazlitt

Henry Hazlitt Quotes By Henry Hazlitt: In order that one industry might grow or

In order that one industry might grow or come into existence, a hundred other industries would have to shrink. — Henry Hazlitt

Henry Hazlitt Quotes By Henry Hazlitt: We can clarify our thinking if we put

We can clarify our thinking if we put our chief emphasis where it belongs - on policies that will maximize production. — Henry Hazlitt

Henry Hazlitt Quotes By Henry Hazlitt: Everywhere the means is erected into the end,

Everywhere the means is erected into the end, and the end itself is forgotten. — Henry Hazlitt

Henry Hazlitt Quotes By Henry Hazlitt: Diluting the money supply with paper is the

Diluting the money supply with paper is the moral equivalent of diluting the milk supply with water. — Henry Hazlitt

Henry Hazlitt Quotes By Henry Hazlitt: Real wealth, of course, consists in what is

Real wealth, of course, consists in what is produced and consumed: the food we eat, the clothes we wear, the houses we live in. — Henry Hazlitt

Henry Hazlitt Quotes By Henry Hazlitt: The only real cure for poverty is production.

The only real cure for poverty is production. — Henry Hazlitt