Harry Browne Quotes (18 Quotes)

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

Once upon a time, government budgets were balanced, our money was sound, the streets were safe, and taxes imposed by all levels of government took less than 10 of our income.

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.

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.

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.

This is the legitimate cost of operating a responsible business and protecting the taxpayers. Phelps Dodge is free-riding, and it's not fair to others who are being more responsible.

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.

Security... it's simply the recognition that changes will take place and the knowledge that you're willing to deal with whatever happens.

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

I won't try to describe the various ways I tried to get the cake plate back to her without being confronted with a request for my judgment of her cake. Suffice to say that her well-intentioned favor interfered with my own plans.

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

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.

When you know that you're capable of dealing with whatever comes, you have the only security the world has to offer.

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

I am running for president because it is obvious that no Democrat or Republican is ever going to stop the relentless growth of the federal government. ...only a Libertarian is going to set you free.

We recognize how important mining is to this community, and it's definitely not our goal to shut it down.

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.

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.