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
past liberty libertarian
Not only can no one predict the future, we don't understand the present - and there isn't even any certainty about the past.
political benefits libertarian
A Libertarian society of unfettered individualism spreads its benefits to virtually everyone - not just those who have the resources to seize political power.
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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.
liberty libertarian campaigns
Republicans campaign like Libertarians and govern like Democrats.
government liberty libertarian
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.
government liberty libertarian
The free market punishes irresponsibility. Government rewards it.
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The wind just hindered us today, to be honest. As dry as it is, it's not unusual at all.
favorite identify people
People can identify with the personality of their favorite bookstore.
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I won't try to describe the various ways I tried to get the cake plate back to her without being confronted with a request for my judgment of her cake. Suffice to say that her well-intentioned favor interfered with my own plans.
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When those things get to burning, it's hard to get them out.
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Since no one but you can know what's best for you, government control can't make your life better.
You are where you are today because you have chosen to be there.
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From the cranberry cancer scare of the 1950s to the Alar-in-apples hysteria of the 1980s, from the "new ice age" of the 1960s to the "global warming" of the 1990s, environmental alarms almost always turn out to be false. Few non-political scientists fear ozone loss, global warming, or acid rain. These are just issues that some people hope to use to reorder the lives of the rest of us.
government liberty littles
A little government involvement is just as dangerous as a lot - because the first leads inevitably to the second.