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It's wrong for someone to confiscate your money, give it to someone else, and call that compassion.
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
Money
Else
Confiscate
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Libertarianism
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Libertarian
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Compassion
Liberty
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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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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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Government doesn't work. That's the first lesson we must learn if we want to improve society.
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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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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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Contrary to all the blather we here about the unique goodness of the American people or our religious heritage or anything else, the one thing that set this country apart from all others was the Bill of Rights.
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There was no military reason to drop atomic bombs on Japan. They were used as terrorist weapons - killing innocent people to influence other people.
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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 in the name of family values and fighting drugs. Either way, government gets bigger and you become less free.
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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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Give politicians power and it certainly will be abused eventually - if not by today's politicians, then by their successors.
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When you give politicians the power to do what you think is right you're automatically giving politicians the power to do what you think is wrong.
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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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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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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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Freedom and responsibility aren't interconnected things. They are the same thing.
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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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The Bill of Rights isn't some legalistic fine print. It was written to make our lives freer, more prosperous, and happier. By forsaking it, America has become no better than any other country in the world.
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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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Once upon a time, government budgets were balanced, our money was sound, the streets were safe, and taxes imposed by all levels of government took less than 10% of our income.
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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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