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Each person is living for himself his own happiness is all he can ever personally feel.

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Harry Browne
Age: 72 †
Born: 1933
Born: June 17
Died: 2006
Died: March 1
Financial Analyst
Peace Activist
Politician
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New York City
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Harry Edson Browne
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I'm sorry that I can't snap my fingers and undo 50 years of bad American foreign policy.
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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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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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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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Communities don't think, don't believe, don't want, don't have needs, don't have interests and don't make decisions. Only individuals have minds that generate desires and needs - and only individuals can make choices and decisions.
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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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The important thing is to concentrate upon what you can do - by yourself, upon your own initiative.
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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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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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