Top 49 Quotes by Harry Browne

The American way was for commerce, personal relationships, and religion to be voluntary. No one was forced to participate in something he didn't want.

It has long been apparent that many people in the media don't believe you're competent to make your own decisions.

I'm old enough to remember the end of World War II. On Aug. 14, 1946, a year after the Japanese were defeated, most newspapers and magazines had single articles commemorating the end of the war.

Each person is living for himself; his own happiness is all he can ever personally feel.

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.

The important thing is to concentrate upon what you can do - by yourself, upon your own initiative.

You don't have to buy from anyone. You don't have to work at any particular job. You don't have to participate in any given relationship. You can choose.

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.

What we really need is compassion of the mind - compassion for others that is directed intelligently and produces truly compassionate results.

The Constitution isn't written in Chinese, Swahili or Sanskrit. It's in plain English.