"Politicians are notoriously economically illiterate. And even when……" — Harry Browne
"Politicians are notoriously economically illiterate. And even when they know what would be the right thing, we don't really expect them to do it."
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Harry Browne
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102 Quotes by Harry Browne
Harry Browne has 102 quotes on this site.
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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…
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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…
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When people do things for you, it's because they want to - because you, in some way, give them something…
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A fair trial is one in which the rules of evidence are honored, the accused has competent counsel, and the…
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Everything you want in life has a price connected to it. There's a price to pay if you want to…
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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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You owe it to yourself to be the best person possible. Because if you are, others will want to be…
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In the 1880s, people all over the world looked to America for inspiration. Its very existence was proof that it…
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There was no military reason to drop atomic bombs on Japan. They were used as terrorist weapons - killing innocent…
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A Libertarian society of unfettered individualism spreads its benefits to virtually everyone - not just those who have the resources…
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What we really need is compassion of the mind - compassion for others that is directed intelligently and produces truly…
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But, actually, it is only Americans who say that our freedoms and prosperity are the reason foreigners hate us. If…
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More Economically Quotes
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The privileged man, whether he be privileged politically or economically, is a man depraved in intellect and heart.
— Mikhail Bakunin
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Most African women are taught to endure abusive marriages. They say endurance means a good wife but most women endure…
— Joyce Banda
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What you don't do, if you're an adult, is decide that you're going to budget things through a sequester. What…
— Lewis Black
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I knew that I could vote and that that wasn't a privilege; it was my right. Every time I tried…
— Stokely Carmichael
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Immigrants are exactly what America needs. They're what we need economically, and I think they're what we need morally... [They]…
— Rudy Giuliani
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Many of the self-described "political refugees" who come here make stopovers in other countries on their way to the U.S.,…
— Ed Koch
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Economically considered, war and revolution are always bad business.
— Ludwig von Mises
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We've got a lot of work to do economically in this country to bring about a more just and fair…
— Barack Obama
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We are socialists, we are enemies of today's capitalistic economic system for the exploitation of the economically weak, with its…
— Adolf Hitler
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The best friend on earth of man is the tree: When we use the tree respectfully and economically, we have…
— Frank Lloyd Wright
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The black man in North America was economically sick and that was evident in one simple fact: as a consumer,…
— Malcolm X
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In 1891, during the Presidency of William Henry Harrison [Benjamin Harrison], electric lights were first installed in the White House,…
— Jimmy Carter
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