Harry Browne Quotes

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• Forcing people to be generous isn't humanitarian, effective, compassionate or moral. Only acts that are truly voluntary for all concerned can be truly compassionate.
• 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…
• When people do things for you, it's because they want to - because you, in some way, give them something meaningful that makes them want…
• A fair trial is one in which the rules of evidence are honored, the accused has competent counsel, and the judge enforces the proper courtroom…
• Everything you want in life has a price connected to it. There's a price to pay if you want to make things better, a price…
• The government's War on Poverty has transformed poverty from a short-term misfortune into a career choice.
• 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…
• In the 1880s, people all over the world looked to America for inspiration. Its very existence was proof that it was possible to have a…
• There was no military reason to drop atomic bombs on Japan. They were used as terrorist weapons - killing innocent people to influence other people.
• A Libertarian society of unfettered individualism spreads its benefits to virtually everyone - not just those who have the resources to seize political power.
• What we really need is compassion of the mind - compassion for others that is directed intelligently and produces truly compassionate results.
• But, actually, it is only Americans who say that our freedoms and prosperity are the reason foreigners hate us. If you ask the foreigners, they…
• Libertarians know that a free country has nothing to fear from anyone coming in or going out - while a welfare state is scared to…
• A great burden was lifted from my shoulders the day I realized that no one owes me anything.
• It is well known that in war, the first casualty is truth - that during any war truth is forsaken for propaganda.
• 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…
• I'm sorry that I can't snap my fingers and undo 50 years of bad American foreign policy.
• It has long been apparent that many people in the media don't believe you're competent to make your own decisions.
• Voluntary association produces the free market - where each person can choose among a multitude of possibilities.
• While most people in TV, radio, and the press have treated me wonderfully, some of the most important people want to pretend I don't exist.

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