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It has long been apparent that many people in the media don't believe you're competent to make your own decisions.
Harry Browne
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Harry Browne
Age: 72 †
Born: 1933
Born: June 17
Died: 2006
Died: March 1
Financial Analyst
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Politician
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New York City
New York
Harry Edson Browne
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The marketplace is a wondrous institution. It harnesses the self-interest of each of us and puts it to work for the benefit of all. And it does so without intruding upon our desires, our privacy, or our freedom. It is regulation by reality, not by coercion.
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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.
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For those looking for security, be forewarned that there's nothing more insecure than a political promise.
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Being a politician means never having to say you're sorry. You don't have to say, 'I never should have voted to subsidize that ridiculous Enron project in India.' ... After all, they're greedy businessmen and you're a selfless public servant.
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When you know that you're capable of dealing with whatever comes, you have the only security the world has to offer.
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When paper money systems begin to crack at the seams, the run to gold could be explosive.
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A welfare state is frightened of every poor person who tries to get in and every rich person who tries to get out.
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Give government the weapons to fight your enemy and it will use them against you.
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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.
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A Libertarian society of unfettered individualism spreads its benefits to virtually everyone - not just those who have the resources to seize political power.
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The best kept secret in the investing world: Almost nothing turns out as expected.
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The police can't stop an intruder, mugger, or stalker from hurting you. They can pursue him only after he has hurt or killed you. Protecting yourself from harm is your responsibility, and you are far less likely to be hurt in a neighborhood of gun-owners than in one of disarmed citizens - even if you don't own a gun yourself.
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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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Government doesn't work. That's the first lesson we must learn if we want to improve society.
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Each person is living for himself his own happiness is all he can ever personally feel.
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In almost all matters, the real question should be: why are we letting government handle this?
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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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A great burden was lifted from my shoulders the day I realized that no one owes me anything.
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The coercive power of government is always a beacon to those who want to dominate others -- summoning the worst dregs of society to Washington to use that power to impose their will upon others.
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