So what is government?... Very simply, it is an agency of coercion. Of course, there are other agencies of coercion - such… — Harry Browne Copy Share Image
Democratic politicians want to solve the crisis of poor education by taking more of your money and using it to reduce classroom… — Harry Browne Copy Share Image
The best thing we can do for family values is to repeal the income tax. Then families will have the resources they… — Harry Browne Copy Share Image
Social Security is inherently unsound for the simple reason that it's a political program run by politicians for political purposes...Social Security operates… — Harry Browne Copy Share Image
From the cranberry cancer scare of the 1950s to the Alar-in-apples hysteria of the 1980s, from the "new ice age" of the… — Harry Browne Copy Share Image
Most politicians believe in just one thing - winning elections. They'll say anything to get in office and stay there. — Harry Browne Copy Share Image
For those looking for security, be forewarned that there's nothing more insecure than a political promise. — Harry Browne Copy Share Image
No one ever died from smoking marijuana, but millions of people have died by believing politicians. — Harry Browne Copy Share Image
Politicians are notoriously economically illiterate. And even when they know what would be the right thing, we don't really expect them to… — Harry Browne Copy Share Image
[Before the Civil Rights Act of 1964], many governments in southern states forced people to segregate by race. Civil rights advocates fought… — Harry Browne Copy Share Image
Being a politician means never having to say you're sorry. You don't have to say, 'I never should have voted to subsidize… — Harry Browne Copy Share Image
Give politicians power and it certainly will be abused eventually - if not by today's politicians, then by their successors. — Harry Browne Copy Share Image
I say that the Second Amendment doesn't allow for exceptions - or else it would have read that the right "to keep… — Harry Browne Copy Share Image
There are no violent gangs fighting over aspirin territories. There are no violent gangs fighting over whisky territories or computer territories or… — Harry Browne Copy Share Image
A Libertarian society of unfettered individualism spreads its benefits to virtually everyone - not just those who have the resources to seize… — Harry Browne Copy Share Image
If you ask the government to impose morality, then moral questions will be decided by whoever has the most political power. — Harry Browne Copy Share Image
Insurance is meant for extraordinary circumstances. You don't use car insurance to pay for oil changes or gasoline; you have it as… — Harry Browne Copy Share Image
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… — Harry Browne Copy Share Image
Everything we know about human nature and about government tells us that individuals using their own money will achieve far more good for themselves… — Harry Browne Copy Share Image
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… — Harry Browne Copy Share Image
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. — Harry Browne Copy Share Image
Conservatives say the government can't end poverty by force, but they believe it can use force to make people moral. Liberals say government can't… — Harry Browne Copy Share Image
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… — Harry Browne Copy Share Image
Whatever the price, identify it now. What will you have to go through to get where you want to be? There is a price… — Harry Browne Copy Share Image
The first step in freeing yourself from social restrictions is the realization that there is no such thing as a safe code of conduct… — Harry Browne Copy Share Image
Only free people have an incentive to be virtuous. Only people who bear the consequences of their own acts will care about those consequences… — Harry Browne Copy Share Image
So what is government?... Very simply, it is an agency of coercion. Of course, there are other agencies of coercion - such as the… — Harry Browne Copy Share Image
The Constitution isn't written in Chinese, Swahili or Sanskrit. It's in plain English. — Harry Browne Copy Share Image
The press is hostile to the idea of liberty. Most people in the press are for big government. Most people think that the solution… — Harry Browne Copy Share Image