Harry Browne
Harry Browne
Harry Edson Brownewas an American writer, politician, and investment advisor. He was the Libertarian Party's Presidential nominee in the U.S. elections of 1996 and 2000. He is the author of 12 books that in total have sold more than 2 million copies...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionPolitician
Date of Birth17 June 1933
CountryUnited States of America
inspirational burden shoulders
A great burden was lifted from my shoulders the day I realized that no one owes me anything.
giving important politics
It's important to realize that whenever you give power to politicians or bureaucrats, it will be used for what they want, not for what you want.
government free-education lunch
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.
simple ideas government
Government is force, pure and simple. There's no way to sugar-coat that. And because government is force, it will attract the worst elements of society - people who want to use government to avoid having to earn their living and to avoid having to persuade others to accept their ideas voluntarily.
country people going-out
Libertarians know that a free country has nothing to fear from anyone coming in or going out - while a welfare state is scared to death of poor people coming in and rich people getting out.
compassion people giving
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'.
hands government crutches
Government cripples you, then hands you a crutch and says, 'See, if it wasn't for us, you couldn't walk.'
government political morality
If you ask the government to impose morality, then moral questions will be decided by whoever has the most political power.
children school government
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.
believe marijuana people
No one ever died from smoking marijuana, but millions of people have died by believing politicians.
war careers government
The government's War on Poverty has transformed poverty from a short-term misfortune into a career choice.
letting-go real government
In almost all matters, the real question should be: why are we letting government handle this?
sorry responsibility government
The bad consequences of a government program usually don't show up immediately. And the delay may be long enough to hide the connection between the program and its results. So government never has to say it's sorry - never has to take responsibility for ht misery it causes. Instead it can blame everything on personal greed, profit-hungry corporations, and the 'private sector.' And the government's cure for the problems is to impose bigger programs, more regulation and higher taxes.
government agency office
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.