Best quotes by Harry Browne on Government

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  • Since no one but you can know what's best for you, government control can't make your life better.
    - Harry Browne
  • 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
  • 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.
    - 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
  • Some people object to libertarian ideas because there are too many irresponsible people in the world - people who will cause trouble if the government doesn't restrain them.
    - Harry Browne
  • 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.
    - Harry Browne
  • The government's War on Poverty has transformed poverty from a short-term misfortune into a career choice.
    - Harry Browne
  • If younger people see older people who haven't planned ahead and have to rely on charity, the young will be more likely to provide for the future. Today when someone plans poorly, the only consequence people see is a demand for more government.
    - Harry Browne