Quotes by Harry Browne

About Harry Browne:

Harry Edson Browne is the author of 12 books that in total have sold more than 2 million copies.
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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.

Harry Browne

Since no one but you can know what's best for you, government control can't make your life better.

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.

Harry Browne

Freedom and responsibility aren't interconnected things. They are the same thing.

Harry Browne

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 ...

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.

Harry Browne

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

Harry Browne

For most of our history, Americans enjoyed both liberty and security from foreign threats.

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.

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A great burden was lifted from my shoulders the day I realized that no one owes me anything.

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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.

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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.

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Everything we know about human nature and about government tells us that individuals using their own money will achieve far more good for themselves and far more for others than politicians spending money they didn't have to work to earn.

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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.

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.

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.

Harry Browne

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.

Harry Browne

The important thing is to concentrate upon what you can do - by yourself, upon your own initiative.

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When people do things for you, it's because they want to - because you, in some way, give them something meaningful that makes them want to please you, not because anyone owes you anything.

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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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Author Bio

  • NameHarry Browne
  • DescriptionAmerican politician and writer
  • BornJune 17, 1933
  • DiedMarch 1, 2006
  • CountryUnited States Of America
  • ProfessionWriter; Politician; Financial Analyst; Radio Host