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Freedom and responsibility aren't interconnected things. They are the same thing.

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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Each person is living for himself his own happiness is all he can ever personally feel.
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Profit is a reward for satisfying the desire of someone else.
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You owe it to yourself to be the best person possible. Because if you are, others will want to be with you, want to provide you with the things you want in exchange for what you're giving to them.
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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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A Libertarian society of unfettered individualism spreads its benefits to virtually everyone - not just those who have the resources to seize political power.
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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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Republicans campaign like Libertarians and govern like Democrats.
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We may not always recognize it, but government plays a bigger role in our lives than any other single person or institution. We spend nearly half of our lives working to pay for it. Children spend more time in government schools than they do with their parents. Birth, death, marriage, every area of our lives feels the influence of government.
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It has long been apparent that many people in the media don't believe you're competent to make your own decisions.
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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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Government doesn't work. That's the first lesson we must learn if we want to improve society.
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But, actually, it is only Americans who say that our freedoms and prosperity are the reason foreigners hate us. If you ask the foreigners, they make it clear that it's America's bullying foreign policy they detest.
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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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It's wrong for someone to confiscate your money, give it to someone else, and call that compassion.
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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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