Harry Browne Quotes - Page 4

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• Contrary to all the blather we here about the unique goodness of the American people or our religious heritage or anything else, the one thing that set this country apart from all others was the Bill of Rights.

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  Country, Religious, Unique

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• In the 1880s, people all over the world looked to America for inspiration. Its very existence was proof that it was possible to have a relatively free and peaceful country. No income tax, no foreign wars, no welfare state, no intrusions on civil liberties.

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  Country, War, Inspiration

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• The problem is big government. If whoever controls government can impose his way upon you, you have to fight constantly to prevent the control from being harmful. With small, limited government, it doesn't much matter who controls it, because it can't do you much harm.

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  Fighting, Government, Liberty

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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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  Choices, Imagine, Forfeit

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• [Before the Civil Rights Act of 1964], many governments in southern states forced people to segregate by race. Civil rights advocates fought to repeal these state laws, but failed. So they appealed to the federal government, which responded with the Civil Rights Act of 1964. But this federal law didn't simply repeal state laws compelling segregation. It also prohibited voluntary segregation. What had been mandatory became forbidden. Neither before nor after the Civil Rights Act were people free to make their own decisions about who they associated with.

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  Law, Rights, Race

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• Being a politician means never having to say you're sorry. You don't have to say, 'I never should have voted to subsidize that ridiculous Enron project in India.' ... After all, they're greedy businessmen and you're a selfless public servant.

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  Sorry, Mean, Should Have

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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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  Knowledge, Recognition, Deals

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• You are where you are today because youve chosen to be there.

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  Today, Where You Are, Chosen

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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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  Government, Ideas, People

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• If younger people see older people who haven't planned ahead and have to rely on charity, the young will be more likely to provide for the future. Today when someone plans poorly, the only consequence people see is a demand for more government.

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  Government, People, Charity

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• Once we realize that government doesn't work, we will stop dreaming that this or that social problem can be solved by passing a law - or by creating a new government program - or by electing someone who will make Washington more efficient or cost-conscious.

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  Dream, Government, Law

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• You don't have to buy from anyone. You don't have to work at any particular job. You don't have to participate in any given relationship. You can choose.

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  Jobs, Choices, Decision

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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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  Running, Gold, Cracks

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• Voluntary association produces the free market - where each person can choose among a multitude of possibilities.

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  Association, Possibility, Produce

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• Find out what people want and help them get it.

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  People, Want, Helping

  "Rule Your World! Finding Freedom & Living Profitably" by Harry Browne, www.harrybrowne.org.

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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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  People, Perfection, Empathy

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• Everything you want in life has a price connected to it. There's a price to pay if you want to make things better, a price to pay just for leaving things as they are, a price for everything.

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  Inspirational, Encouragement, Leaving

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

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  Feels, Persons

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• The problem with politics isn't the money; it's the power.

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  Political, Problem

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• Whatever the price, identify it now. What will you have to go through to get where you want to be? There is a price you can pay to be free of the situation once and for all. It may be a fantastic price or a tiny one -- but there is a price.

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  Freedom, May, Want

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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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  Government, Lessons, Want

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• There was no military reason to drop atomic bombs on Japan. They were used as terrorist weapons - killing innocent people to influence other people.

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  Military, Japan, People

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• There's nothing shameful in acknowledging that you don't have the answers to every question about life. Just accept the fact that you know only a fraction of what's going on in the world. You don't have to attach explanations in terms of a special revelation of God's will, a glimpse at the supernatural, evidence of a conspiracy, or anything else.

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  Wisdom, Special, World

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• What we really need is compassion of the mind - compassion for others that is directed intelligently and produces truly compassionate results.

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  Compassion, Mind, Needs

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• You don't need an explanation for everything, Recognize that there are such things as miracles - events for which there are no ready explanations. Later knowledge may explain those events quite easily.

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  Inspirational, Life, Miracle

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