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A great burden was lifted from my shoulders the day I realized that no one owes me anything.
Harry Browne
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Harry Browne
Age: 72 †
Born: 1933
Born: June 17
Died: 2006
Died: March 1
Financial Analyst
Peace Activist
Politician
Radio Personality
Writer
New York City
New York
Harry Edson Browne
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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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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 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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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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Some people object to libertarian ideas because there are too many irresponsible people in the world - people who will cause trouble if the government doesn't restrain them.
Harry Browne
Communities don't think, don't believe, don't want, don't have needs, don't have interests and don't make decisions. Only individuals have minds that generate desires and needs - and only individuals can make choices and decisions.
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For most of our history, Americans enjoyed both liberty and security from foreign threats.
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Get your money out of the country before your country gets your money out of you
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Give government the weapons to fight your enemy and it will use them against you.
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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 make it clear that it's America's bullying foreign policy they detest.
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Most politicians believe in just one thing - winning elections. They'll say anything to get in office and stay there.
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Profit is a reward for satisfying the desire of someone else.
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America rules the world - by force.
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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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I am running for President because it is obvious that no Democrat or Republican is ever going to stop the relentless growth of the federal government. Only a Libertarian will free you from the income tax.
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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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It's wrong for someone to confiscate your money, give it to someone else, and call that compassion.
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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
Can you think of a single area of government in which George Bush hasn't already made things worse than Bill Clinton did?
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Social Security is inherently unsound for the simple reason that it's a political program run by politicians for political purposes...Social Security operates on a very simple principle: the politicians take your money from you and squander it.
Harry Browne
