3 December 2020 Harry Browne Left-wing politicians take away your liberty in the name of children and of fighting poverty, while right-wing politicians do it in the name of family values and fighting drugs. Either way, government gets bigger and you become less free.
3 December 2020 Harry Browne 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.
3 December 2020 Harry Browne 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.
3 December 2020 Harry Browne The American way was for commerce, personal relationships, and religion to be voluntary. No one was forced to participate in something he didn’t want.
3 December 2020 Harry Browne Freedom and responsibility aren’t interconnected things. They are the same thing.
3 December 2020 Harry Browne 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.
3 December 2020 Harry Browne Everyone will experience the consequences of his own acts. If his act are right, he’ll get good consequences if they’re not, he’ll suffer for it.
3 December 2020 Harry Browne You owe it to yourself to be the best person possible. Because if you are, others will want to be with you, want to provide you with the things you want in exchange for what you’re giving to them.
3 December 2020 Harry Browne It is well known that in war, the first casualty is truth – that during any war truth is forsaken for propaganda.
3 December 2020 Harry Browne The government’s War on Poverty has transformed poverty from a short-term misfortune into a career choice.
3 December 2020 Harry Browne World War II has always been of great interest to me. I’ve known for decades that it was just one more war the politicians suckered us into.
3 December 2020 Harry Browne 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.
3 December 2020 Harry Browne For most of our history, Americans enjoyed both liberty and security from foreign threats.
3 December 2020 Harry Browne Security… it’s simply the recognition that changes will take place and the knowledge that you’re willing to deal with whatever happens.
3 December 2020 Harry Browne A Libertarian society of unfettered individualism spreads its benefits to virtually everyone – not just those who have the resources to seize political power.
3 December 2020 Harry Browne I’m old enough to remember the end of World War II. On Aug. 14, 1946, a year after the Japanese were defeated, most newspapers and magazines had single articles commemorating the end of the war.
3 December 2020 Harry Browne Each person is living for himself his own happiness is all he can ever personally feel.
3 December 2020 Harry Browne 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.
