Harry Browne quotes - page 4

In the book 1984, George Orwell pictured a totalitarian society that has become the standard view of the total state of the future. Everyone's life was controlled by computer, and there was a TV camera in every room to monitor everyone's activities... Fortunately, such dramas overlook the fundamentals of economics. The larger the government, the less efficient and productive is the economy. Slaves don't produce with the enthusiasm, incentive, and imagination that free people do. Bureaucratic programs just don't work as intended... So while the totalitarian state may include a TV camera in every room, I doubt that the camera will work. (Harry Browne)
Security comes from your ability to deal with the world, not from a guarantee by someone else. When you know you're capable of dealing with whatever comes, you have the only security the world has to offer. View quote
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If you earn whatever you want, you know that it's yours. Then life is an adventure. The uncertainty of the future is a challenge, not a source of dread. View quote
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Never focus your attention on anyone's weaknesses - his temper, sloppiness, poor logic, dishonesty, whatever. Recognize these shortcomings, take them into consideration, but don't waste your time complaining about them. Instead, pay attention to what your actions should be in order to deal with him. View quote
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Things will get better only when you make the changes that are necessary to make them better. View quote
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When someone asks for a government program, he is saying in effect, 'Tell the police to use their guns to get me what I want.' View quote
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You can't limit government's coercion to just those transfers you believe are fair, because you can't give government the power to force good on the country without also giving it the power to force enormous evil on the country - in fact, to do anything it wants. View quote
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Government doesn't work, and I want the federal government out of them. The answer always is smaller government. Government forces one choice on everyone. Freedom provides a hundred choices. View quote
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When a Republican politician says he's in favor of the 2nd Amendment, it means he won't compromise on gun control until the last possible minute. View quote
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