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Our government, taxes, and ideas of freedom are already duplicates of the Old World. Our politicians determine how we should live our lives - and our individual liberties are sacrificed for the benefit of the Fatherland.

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Harry Browne
Age: 72 †
Born: 1933
Born: June 17
Died: 2006
Died: March 1
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You have only one life, and no one else will live it for you. Shouldn't you take the time right now to figure out what that life is all about?
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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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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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Profit is a reward for satisfying the desire of someone else.
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Government is a parasite-a cancer that by nature tries to spread deeper into society. Those who want to run others' lives won't give up and start minding their own business.
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Give government the weapons to fight your enemy and it will use them against you.
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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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Immigrants used to come to America seeking freedom of speech, freedom of religion, and freedom from government. Now they come looking for free health care, free education, and a free lunch.
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The important thing is to concentrate upon what you can do - by yourself, upon your own initiative.
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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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In the 1880s, people all over the world looked to America for inspiration. Its very existence was proof that it was possible to have a relatively free and peaceful country. No income tax, no foreign wars, no welfare state, no intrusions on civil liberties.
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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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