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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The Bill of Rights isn't some legalistic fine print. It was written to make our lives freer, more prosperous, and happier. By forsaking it, America has become no better than any other country in the world.

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But, actually, it is only Americans who say that our freedoms and prosperity are the reason foreigners hate us. If you ask the foreigners, they make it clear that it's America's bullying foreign policy they detest.

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There was no military reason to drop atomic bombs on Japan. They were used as terrorist weapons - killing innocent people to influence other people.

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A fair trial is one in which the rules of evidence are honored, the accused has competent counsel, and the judge enforces the proper courtroom procedures - a trial in which every assumption can be challenged.

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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 libe...

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What we really need is compassion of the mind - compassion for others that is directed intelligently and produces truly compassionate results.

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Forcing people to be generous isn't humanitarian, effective, compassionate or moral. Only acts that are truly voluntary for all concerned can be truly compassionate.

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You are where you are today because you have chosen to be there.

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I'm sorry that I can't snap my fingers and undo 50 years of bad American foreign policy.

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Only free people have an incentive to be virtuous. Only people who bear the consequences of their own acts will care about those consequences and try to learn from their mistakes.

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Voluntary association produces the free market - where each person can choose among a multitude of possibilities.

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Whatever the price, identify it now. What will you have to go through to get where you want to be? There is a price you can pay to be free of the situation once and for all. It may be a fantastic price or a tiny one - but there is a price.

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The Constitution isn't written in Chinese, Swahili or Sanskrit. It's in plain English.

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Whenever I say that America has become an empire, someone is sure to say I'm being ridiculous.

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America rules the world - by force.

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It has long been apparent that many people in the media don't believe you're competent to make your own decisions.

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While most people in TV, radio, and the press have treated me wonderfully, some of the most important people want to pretend I don't exist.

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Communities don't think, don't believe, don't want, don't have needs, don't have interests and don't make decisions. Only individuals have minds that generate desires and needs - and only individuals can make choices and decisions.

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A free and prosperous society has no fear of anyone entering it. But a welfare state is scared to death of every poor person who tries to get in and every rich person who tries to get out.

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The government's War on Poverty has transformed poverty from a short-term misfortune into a career choice.

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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 pe...

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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