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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?

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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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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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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A welfare state is frightened of every poor person who tries to get in and every rich person who tries to get out.
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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 have no temptation to vote, to campaign, to try and stop a candidate who promises new follies.
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For most of our history, Americans enjoyed both liberty and security from foreign threats.
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Like many people, most Libertarians feel empathy and sympathy for less fortunate people. But they know you can't have perfection in a world of limited resources.
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In almost all matters, the real question should be: why are we letting government handle this?
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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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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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The important thing is to concentrate upon what you can do - by yourself, upon your own initiative.
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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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Can you think of a single area of government in which George Bush hasn't already made things worse than Bill Clinton did?
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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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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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So what is government?... Very simply, it is an agency of coercion. Of course, there are other agencies of coercion - such as the Mafia. So to be more precise, government is the agency of coercion that has flags in front of its offices.
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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 paper money systems begin to crack at the seams, the run to gold could be explosive.
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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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Freedom and responsibility aren't interconnected things. They are the same thing.
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