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For most of our history, Americans enjoyed both liberty and security from foreign threats.

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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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Americans
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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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Give politicians power and it certainly will be abused eventually - if not by today's politicians, then by their successors.
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Once upon a time, government budgets were balanced, our money was sound, the streets were safe, and taxes imposed by all levels of government took less than 10% of our income.
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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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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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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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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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Each person is living for himself his own happiness is all he can ever personally feel.
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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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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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Government doesn't work. That's the first lesson we must learn if we want to improve society.
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Profit is a reward for satisfying the desire of someone else.
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For those looking for security, be forewarned that there's nothing more insecure than a political promise.
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If a law could keep dangerous weapons out of the hands of dangerous people, there would be virtually no gun crime at all.
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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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I have no temptation to vote, to campaign, to try and stop a candidate who promises new follies.
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Some people object to libertarian ideas because there are too many irresponsible people in the world - people who will cause trouble if the government doesn't restrain them.
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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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Left-wing politicians take away your liberty in the name of children and of fighting poverty, while right-wing politicians do it in the name of family values and fighting drugs. Either way, government gets bigger and you become less free.
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