Harry Browne Quotes - Page 2

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• Everything we know about human nature and about government tells us that individuals using their own money will achieve far more good for themselves and far more for others than politicians spending money they didn't have to work to earn.

  Harry Browne

  Government, Human Nature, Politician

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• Social Security is a fraudulent scheme in which the government collect money from you for your retirement - and immediately spend the money on something else.

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  Retirement, Government, Social

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• I say that the Second Amendment doesn't allow for exceptions - or else it would have read that the right "to keep and bear arms shall not be infringed, unless Congress chooses otherwise." And because there are no exceptions, I disagree with my fellow panelists who say the existing gun laws should be enforced. Those laws are unconstitutional [and] wrong - because they put you at a disadvantage to armed criminals, to whom the laws are no inconvenience.

  Harry Browne

  Gun, Law, Political

  Second Amendment rally in Arkansas, August 8, 2000.

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• The income tax is the biggest single intrusion suffered by the American people. It forces every worker to be a bookkeeper, to open his records to the government, to explain his expenses, to fear conviction for a harmless accounting error. Compliance wastes billions of dollars. It penalizes savings and creates an enormous drag on the U.S. economy. It is incompatible with a free society, and we aren’t libertarians if we tolerate it.

  Harry Browne

  Errors, Government, People

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• For those looking for security, be forewarned that there's nothing more insecure than a political promise.

  Harry Browne

  Insecure, Political, Promise

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• Forcing people to be generous isn't humanitarian, effective, compassionate or moral. Only acts that are truly voluntary for all concerned can be truly compassionate.

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  People, Moral, Humanitarian

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• In almost all matters, the real question should be: why are we letting government handle this?

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  Letting Go, Real, Government

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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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  Running, Giving Up, Cancer

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• In my experience, people who are truly compassionate rarely use the word "compassion." Those who do talk compassion generally intend to be compassionate with your money, not their own. It's wrong for someone to confiscate your money, give it to someone else, and call that 'compassion'.

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  Compassion, People, Giving

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• Government seems to operate on the principle that if even one individual is incapable of using his freedom competently, no one can be allowed to be free.

  Harry Browne

  Government, Liberty, Principles

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• It is well known that in war, the first casualty is truth - that during any war truth is forsaken for propaganda.

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  War, Firsts, Truth Is

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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.

  Harry Browne

  Believe, Media, Long

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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.

  Harry Browne

  Government, Free Education, Lunch

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• No one ever died from smoking marijuana, but millions of people have died by believing politicians.

  Harry Browne

  Believe, Marijuana, People

  "Liberty A to Z". p. 55. Book by Harry Browne, 2004.

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• The free market punishes irresponsibility. Government rewards it.

  Harry Browne

  Government, Liberty, Libertarian

  "Liberty A to Z". Book by Harry Browne (p. 76), 2004.

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• The government's War on Poverty has transformed poverty from a short-term misfortune into a career choice.

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  War, Government, Careers

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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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  Thinking, Giving, Politician

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• Conservatives say the government can't end poverty by force, but they believe it can use force to make people moral. Liberals say government can't make people be moral, but they believe it can end poverty. Neither group attempts to explain why government is so clumsy and destructive in one area but a paragon of efficiency and benevolence in the other.

  Harry Browne

  Believe, Government, People

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• Government cripples you, then hands you a crutch and says, 'See, if it wasn't for us, you couldn't walk.'

  Harry Browne

  Government, Hands, Crutches

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• The American heritage was one of individual liberty, personal responsibility and freedom from government ... Unfortunately ... that heritage has been lost. Americans no longer have the freedom to direct their own lives ... Today, it is the government that is free - free to do whatever it wants. There is no subject, no issue, no matter ... that is not subject to legislation.

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  Responsibility, Issues, Government

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• Profit is a reward for satisfying the desire of someone else.

  Harry Browne

  Morning, Desire, Rewards

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• I want a government small enough to fit inside the Constitution.

  Harry Browne

  Government, Liberty, Want

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• You can't give the government the power to do good without also giving it the power to do bad - in fact, to do anything it wants.

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  Libertarian Party, Government, Giving

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• The coercive power of government is always a beacon to those who want to dominate others -- summoning the worst dregs of society to Washington to use that power to impose their will upon others.

  Harry Browne

  Government, Use, Want

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

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  Fighting, Government, Giving

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