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I have no temptation to vote, to campaign, to try and stop a candidate who promises new follies.

Harry Browne

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Harry Browne
Age: 72 †
Born: 1933
Born: June 17
Died: 2006
Died: March 1
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New York City
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Harry Edson Browne
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The power of choice. You have it. But you forfeit it when you imagine that you can choose for others. You can't. But you can choose for yourself.
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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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