"...The Bill of Rights is a literal and……" — Harry Browne
"...The Bill of Rights is a literal and absolute document. The First Amendment doesn't say you have a right to speak out unless the government has a 'compelling interest' in censoring the Internet. The Second Amendment doesn't say you have the right to keep and bear arms until some madman plants a bomb. The Fourth Amendment doesn't say you have the right to be secure from search and seizure unless some FBI agent thinks you fit the profile of a terrorist. The government has no right to interfere with any of these freedoms under any circumstances."
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Harry Browne
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102 Quotes by Harry Browne
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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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A jealous lover of human liberty, deeming it the absolute condition of all that we admire and respect in humanity,…
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But I recognize no infallible authority, even in special questions; consequently, whatever respect I may have for the honesty and…
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Absolute liberty is absence of restraint; responsibility is restraint; therefore, the ideally free individual is responsible to himself.
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Representation of the world, like the world itself, is the work of men; they describe it from their own point…
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The truth, the absolute truth, is that the chief beauty for the theatre consists in fine bodily proportions.
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The Prime Minister has an absolute genius for putting flamboyant labels on empty luggage.
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Once the last trace of emotion has been eradicated, nothing remains of thought but absolute tautology.
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