Harry Browne

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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.
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I found that I was getting a warm reception for my message of freeing you from the income tax, releasing you from Social Security, ending the insane war on drugs, restoring gun rights, and reducing the federal government to just its constitutional functions.
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.
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.
It is well known that in war, the first casualty is truth - that during any war truth is forsaken for propaganda.
The government's War on Poverty has transformed poverty from a short-term misfortune into a career choice.
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.
A Libertarian society of unfettered individualism spreads its benefits to virtually everyone - not just those who have the resources to seize political power.
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.
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.
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.
Security... it's simply the recognition that changes will take place and the knowledge that you're willing to deal with whatever happens.

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