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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.
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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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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Everything we know about human nature and about government tells us that individuals using their own money will achieve far more good for themselves and far more for others than politicians spending money they didn't have to work to earn.
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If younger people see older people who haven't planned ahead and have to rely on charity, the young will be more likely to provide for the future. Today when someone plans poorly, the only consequence people see is a demand for more government.
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It isn't possible to give government just a little control over the economy and our lives. Once we cede that power to government, it uses the power to take more from us. That's why every year the government controls more of our lives.
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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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If a law could keep dangerous weapons out of the hands of dangerous people, there would be virtually no gun crime at all.
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For most of our history, Americans enjoyed both liberty and security from foreign threats.
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I'm sorry that I can't snap my fingers and undo 50 years of bad American foreign policy.
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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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Profit is a reward for satisfying the desire of someone else.
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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 procedures - a trial in which every assumption can be challenged.
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America rules the world - by force.
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Give politicians power and it certainly will be abused eventually - if not by today's politicians, then by their successors.
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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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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 to please you, not because anyone owes you anything.
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I have no temptation to vote, to campaign, to try and stop a candidate who promises new follies.
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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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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 to pay just for leaving things as they are, a price for everything.
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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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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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