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Harry Browne

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Also known as Harry Edson Browne

American writer and politician (1933–2006)

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Works
40

Top works

  • Why Government Doesn't Work
  • Liberty A-Z
  • How i found in an unfree world
  • The Secret Of Selling Anything
  • Poetic Rendition of Thoughts and Notions

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Type
Person
Gender
Male
Origin
United States
Active from
1948-10-09
aln-shclassic pop and rockfolkfolk rockmultiple ipirock

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Harry Browne (June 17, 1933 – March 1, 2006) was an American libertarian writer, politician, and free-market investment analyst. He ran for President of the United States as the nominee of the Libertarian Party in 1996 and 2000. <a href="https://www.last.fm/music/Harry+Browne">Read more on Last.fm</a>

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Quotes

  • We should never define Libertarian positions in terms coined by liberals or conservatives — nor as some variant of their positions. We are not fiscally conservative and socially liberal. We are Libertarians, who believe in individual liberty and personal responsibility on all issues at all times.
  • I say that the Second Amendment doesn't allow for exceptions — or else it would have read that the right "to keep and bear arms shall not be infringed, unless Congress chooses otherwise." And because there are no exceptions, I disagree with my fellow panelists who say the existing gun laws should be enforced. Those laws are unconstitutional [and] wrong — because they put you at a disadvantage to armed criminals, to whom the laws are no inconvenience.
  • When will we learn that we can't allow our politicians to bully the world without someone bullying back eventually?
  • Government is good at one thing: It knows how to break your legs, hand you a crutch, and say, "See, if it weren't for the government, you wouldn't be able to walk."
  • Given the results of the government's War on Poverty and the War on Drugs, we can assume that a War on Abortion will lead within five years to men having abortions.
  • Groups are not living entities. They don't think or act; only individuals do. And yet any group effort is based upon the assumption of a group purpose that overrides the individual differences of its members. It's expected that the group will act as a single unit with a unified purpose.

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