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Give government the weapons to fight your enemy and it will use them against you.

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
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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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Freedom and responsibility aren't interconnected things. They are the same thing.
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Once we realize that government doesn't work, we will stop dreaming that this or that social problem can be solved by passing a law - or by creating a new government program - or by electing someone who will make Washington more efficient or cost-conscious.
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Profit is a reward for satisfying the desire of someone else.
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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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Security ... it's simply the recognition that changes will take place and the knowledge that you're willing to deal with whatever happens.
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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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Give politicians power and it certainly will be abused eventually - if not by today's politicians, then by their successors.
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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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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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It's wrong for someone to confiscate your money, give it to someone else, and call that compassion.
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In almost all matters, the real question should be: why are we letting government handle this?
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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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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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