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
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. - Harry Browne
The Bill of Rights isn't some legalistic fine print. It was written to make our lives freer, more prosperous, and happier. By forsaking it, America has become no better than any other country in the world. - Harry Browne
Voluntary association produces the free market - where each person can choose among a multitude of possibilities. - Harry Browne
World War II has always been of great interest to me. I've known for decades that it was just one more war the politicians suckered us into. - Harry Browne
You don't need an explanation for everything, Recognize that there are such things as miracles - events for which there are no ready explanations. Later knowledge may explain those events quite easily. - 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
A man who has spent most of his adult life trying out a series of patent medicines is always an optimist.
A man, to use an old-fashioned phrase, of some twenty-eight summers, he gave the impression at the moment of having experienced at least that number of very hard winters.
As we grow older and realize more clearly the limitations of human happiness, we come to see that the only real and abiding pleasure in life is to give pleasure to other people.
He had just about enough intelligence to open his mouth when he wanted to eat, but certainly no more.
He trusted neither of them as far as he could spit, and he was a poor spitter, lacking both distance and control.
In a series of events, all of which had been a bit thick, this, in his opinion, achieved the maximum of thickness.
It is true of course, that I have a will of iron, but it can be switched off if the circumstances seem to demand it.
It was a cold, disapproving gaze, such as a fastidious luncher who was not fond of caterpillars might have directed at one which he had discovered in his portion of salad.
It was my Uncle George who discovered that alcohol was a food well in advance of modern medical thought.
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