Quote by Harry Browne
The governments War on Poverty has transformed poverty from a shor

The governments War on Poverty has transformed poverty from a short-term misfortune into a career choice. – Harry Browne

Other quotes by 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

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War
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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

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Family
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Libertarians know that a free country has nothing to fear from anyone coming in or going out – while a welfare state is scared to death of poor people coming in and rich people getting out. – Harry Browne

Category:
Death
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A tiny and closed fraternity of privileged men, elected by no one, and enjoying a monopoly sanctioned and licensed by government. – Spiro T. Agnew

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Government

The problem is that when government controls the economy, those who can influence government keep winning, and everybody else just stays the same. – Marco Rubio

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Government

I was very happy being a secretary. I loved working for the government. I was very happy with my life. – Fawn Hall

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Government

Among the weeds choking out growth and good government are the hundreds of boards, commissions, and advisory committees that have sprouted over the years. They devour time, money, and energy far beyond any real contribution they make. – Mitch Daniels

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Government

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I have never felt salvation in nature. I love cities above all. – Michelangelo

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I do not say think as I think, but think in my way. Fear no shadows, least of all in that great spectre of personal unhappiness which binds half the world to orthodoxy. – Thomas Huxley

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