What we really need is compassion of the mind - compassion for others that is directed intelligently and produces truly compassionate results. Harry Browne More Quotes by Harry Browne More Quotes From Harry Browne You have only one life, and no one else will live it for you. Shouldn't you take the time right now to figure out what that life is all about? Harry Browne figures advice life 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. Harry Browne freedom want may 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 forfeit imagine choices Government is a parasite-a cancer that by nature tries to spread deeper into society. Those who want to run others' lives won't give up and start minding their own business. Harry Browne cancer giving-up running 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. Harry Browne humanitarian moral people Disarmed citizens encourage crime and violence. Armed citizens encourage criminals to find a safer line of work. Harry Browne criminals citizens violence The bad consequences of a government program usually don't show up immediately. And the delay may be long enough to hide the connection between the program and its results. So government never has to say it's sorry - never has to take responsibility for ht misery it causes. Instead it can blame everything on personal greed, profit-hungry corporations, and the 'private sector.' And the government's cure for the problems is to impose bigger programs, more regulation and higher taxes. Harry Browne government responsibility sorry A great burden was lifted from my shoulders the day I realized that no one owes me anything. Harry Browne shoulders burden inspirational The government's War on Poverty has transformed poverty from a short-term misfortune into a career choice. Harry Browne government careers war Immigrants used to come to America seeking freedom of speech, freedom of religion, and freedom from government. Now they come looking for free health care, free education, and a free lunch. Harry Browne free-education lunch government Conservatives say the government can't end poverty by force, but they believe it can use force to make people moral. Liberals say government can't make people be moral, but they believe it can end poverty. Neither group attempts to explain why government is so clumsy and destructive in one area but a paragon of efficiency and benevolence in the other. Harry Browne government believe people Whatever the issue, let freedom offer us a hundred choices, instead of having government force one answer on everyone. Harry Browne issues government choices When you give politicians the power to do what you think is right you're automatically giving politicians the power to do what you think is wrong. Harry Browne politician giving thinking Give government the weapons to fight your enemy and it will use them against you. Harry Browne government fighting giving 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. Harry Browne government simple ideas It has long been apparent that many people in the media don't believe you're competent to make your own decisions. Harry Browne media long believe The coercive power of government is always a beacon to those who want to dominate others -- summoning the worst dregs of society to Washington to use that power to impose their will upon others. Harry Browne government use want The American heritage was one of individual liberty, personal responsibility and freedom from government ... Unfortunately ... that heritage has been lost. Americans no longer have the freedom to direct their own lives ... Today, it is the government that is free - free to do whatever it wants. There is no subject, no issue, no matter ... that is not subject to legislation. Harry Browne issues government responsibility In almost all matters, the real question should be: why are we letting government handle this? Harry Browne government real letting-go A little government involvement is just as dangerous as a lot - because the first leads inevitably to the second. Harry Browne liberty government firsts
