The power of choice. You have it. But you forfeit it when you imagine that you can choose for others. You can't. But you can choose for yourself. Harry Browne More Quotes by Harry Browne More Quotes From Harry Browne 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. Harry Browne gun rights war I have no temptation to vote, to campaign, to try and stop a candidate who promises new follies. Harry Browne temptation trying promise America rules the world - by force. Harry Browne force america world 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. Harry Browne important want people For most of our history, Americans enjoyed both liberty and security from foreign threats. Harry Browne threat enjoyed liberty Not only can no one predict the future, we don't understand the present - and there isn't even any certainty about the past. Harry Browne libertarian liberty past 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. Harry Browne meaningful giving people 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. Harry Browne politician war world There's nothing shameful in acknowledging that you don't have the answers to every question about life. Just accept the fact that you know only a fraction of what's going on in the world. You don't have to attach explanations in terms of a special revelation of God's will, a glimpse at the supernatural, evidence of a conspiracy, or anything else. Harry Browne wisdom special world Find out what people want and help them get it. Harry Browne want helping people If the Fed had a war on abortion like its war on poverty or war on drugs, within five years men would be having abortions! Harry Browne men war years I'm sorry that I can't snap my fingers and undo 50 years of bad American foreign policy. Harry Browne fingers sorry years The best kept secret in the investing world: Almost nothing turns out as expected. Harry Browne best-kept-secrets investing world Can you think of a single area of government in which George Bush hasn't already made things worse than Bill Clinton did? Harry Browne liberty government thinking Our government, taxes, and ideas of freedom are already duplicates of the Old World. Our politicians determine how we should live our lives - and our individual liberties are sacrificed for the benefit of the Fatherland. Harry Browne liberty government ideas 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 being-the-best want giving Since no one but you can know what's best for you, government control can't make your life better. Harry Browne best you government life You are where you are today because you have chosen to be there. Harry Browne because where you today 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. Harry Browne mistakes free care people 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 own will good experience
