Harry Browne

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"You owe it to yourself to be the best person possible. Because if you are, others will want to be with you, want to provide you with the things you want in exchange for what you're giving to them."

— Harry Brownebest

"Libertarians know that a free country has nothing to fear from anyone coming in or going out - while a welfare state is scared to death of poor people coming in and rich people getting out."

— Harry Brownedeath

"Everyone will experience the consequences of his own acts. If his act are right, he'll get good consequences if they're not, he'll suffer for it."

— Harry Browneexperience

"Left-wing politicians take away your liberty in the name of children and of fighting poverty, while right-wing politicians do it in the name of family values and fighting drugs. Either way, government gets bigger and you become less free."

— Harry Brownefamily

"Libertarians know that a free country has nothing to fear from anyone coming in or going out - while a welfare state is scared to death of poor people coming in and rich people getting out."

— Harry Brownefear

"Freedom and responsibility aren't interconnected things. They are the same thing."

— Harry Brownefreedom

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"You owe it to yourself to be the best person possible. Because if you are, others will want to be with you, want to provide you with the things you want in exchange for what you're giving to them."

-Harry Browne

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"Libertarians know that a free country has nothing to fear from anyone coming in or going out - while a welfare state is scared to death of poor people coming in and rich people getting out."

-Harry Browne

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"Everyone will experience the consequences of his own acts. If his act are right, he'll get good consequences if they're not, he'll suffer for it."

-Harry Browne

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"Left-wing politicians take away your liberty in the name of children and of fighting poverty, while right-wing politicians do it in the name of family values and fighting drugs. Either way, government gets bigger and you become less free."

-Harry Browne

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"Libertarians know that a free country has nothing to fear from anyone coming in or going out - while a welfare state is scared to death of poor people coming in and rich people getting out."

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"Freedom and responsibility aren't interconnected things. They are the same thing."

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"The communitarians may say you've been enjoying too much individual freedom, and that you must give up some of that for the benefit of the community. But they really mean that they want more power over your life - to force you to subsidize, obey and conform to their choices."

-Harry Browne

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"If younger people see older people who haven't planned ahead and have to rely on charity, the young will be more likely to provide for the future. Today when someone plans poorly, the only consequence people see is a demand for more government."

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"Left-wing politicians take away your liberty in the name of children and of fighting poverty, while right-wing politicians do it in the name of family values and fighting drugs. Either way, government gets bigger and you become less free."

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

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"Government is force, pure and simple. There's no way to sugar-coat that. And because government is force, it will attract the worst elements of society - people who want to use government to avoid having to earn their living and to avoid having to persuade others to accept their ideas voluntarily."

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"Each person is living for himself his own happiness is all he can ever personally feel."

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"For most of our history, Americans enjoyed both liberty and security from foreign threats."

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"You don't need an explanation for everything, Recognize that there are such things as miracles - events for which there are no ready explanations. Later knowledge may explain those events quite easily."

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"Security... it's simply the recognition that changes will take place and the knowledge that you're willing to deal with whatever happens."

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"You don't have to buy from anyone. You don't have to work at any particular job. You don't have to participate in any given relationship. You can choose."

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"The American way was for commerce, personal relationships, and religion to be voluntary. No one was forced to participate in something he didn't want."

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"Government is force, pure and simple. There's no way to sugar-coat that. And because government is force, it will attract the worst elements of society - people who want to use government to avoid having to earn their living and to avoid having to persuade others to accept their ideas voluntarily."

-Harry Browne

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

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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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"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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"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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"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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"You owe it to yourself to be the best person possible. Because if you are, others will want to be with you, want to provide you with the things you want in exchange for what you're giving to them."

"Libertarians know that a free country has nothing to fear from anyone coming in or going out - while a welfare state is scared to death of poor people coming in and rich people getting out."

"Everyone will experience the consequences of his own acts. If his act are right, he'll get good consequences if they're not, he'll suffer for it."

"Left-wing politicians take away your liberty in the name of children and of fighting poverty, while right-wing politicians do it in the name of family values and fighting drugs. Either way, government gets bigger and you become less free."

"Libertarians know that a free country has nothing to fear from anyone coming in or going out - while a welfare state is scared to death of poor people coming in and rich people getting out."

"Freedom and responsibility aren't interconnected things. They are the same thing."

"The communitarians may say you've been enjoying too much individual freedom, and that you must give up some of that for the benefit of the community. But they really mean that they want more power over your life - to force you to subsidize, obey and conform to their choices."

"If younger people see older people who haven't planned ahead and have to rely on charity, the young will be more likely to provide for the future. Today when someone plans poorly, the only consequence people see is a demand for more government."

"Left-wing politicians take away your liberty in the name of children and of fighting poverty, while right-wing politicians do it in the name of family values and fighting drugs. Either way, government gets bigger and you become less free."

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

"Each person is living for himself his own happiness is all he can ever personally feel."

"For most of our history, Americans enjoyed both liberty and security from foreign threats."

"You don't need an explanation for everything, Recognize that there are such things as miracles - events for which there are no ready explanations. Later knowledge may explain those events quite easily."

"Security... it's simply the recognition that changes will take place and the knowledge that you're willing to deal with whatever happens."

"You don't have to buy from anyone. You don't have to work at any particular job. You don't have to participate in any given relationship. You can choose."

"The American way was for commerce, personal relationships, and religion to be voluntary. No one was forced to participate in something he didn't want."

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

"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."

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

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

"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."

"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."

"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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