"The government's War on Poverty has transformed poverty from a short-term misfortune into a career choice.“

-Harry Browne

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"I found that I was getting a warm reception for my message of freeing you from the income tax, releasing you from Social Security, ending the insane war on drugs, restoring gun rights, and reducing the federal government to just its constitutional functions."

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"I'm old enough to remember the end of World War II. On Aug. 14, 1946, a year after the Japanese were defeated, most newspapers and magazines had single articles commemorating the end of the war."

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"World War II has always been of great interest to me. I've known for decades that it was just one more war the politicians suckered us into."

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"It is well known that in war, the first casualty is truth - that during any war truth is forsaken for propaganda."

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"Like many people, most Libertarians feel empathy and sympathy for less fortunate people. But they know you can't have perfection in a world of limited resources."

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"A Libertarian society of unfettered individualism spreads its benefits to virtually everyone - not just those who have the resources to seize political power."

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"War is not civilized."

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