Harry Browne Quotes & Sayings (Page 2)
Harry Browne quotes and sayings page 2 (writer). Here's quote # 11 through 20 out of the 49 we have.
“The communitarians may say you've been enjoying too much individual freedom, and that you must give up some of that for the benefit of the community. But they really mean that they want more power over your life - to force you to subsidize, obey and conform to their choices.”
“The government's War on Poverty has transformed poverty from a short-term misfortune into a career choice.”
“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.”
“It is well known that in war, the first casualty is truth - that during any war truth is forsaken for propaganda.”
“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.”
“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.”
“The important thing is to concentrate upon what you can do - by yourself, upon your own initiative.”
“There was no military reason to drop atomic bombs on Japan. They were used as terrorist weapons - killing innocent people to influence other people.”
“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.”
“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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