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America rules the world - by force. ↗

— Harry Browne

#force #rules #world

Communities don't think, don't believe, don't want, don't have needs, don't have interests and don't make decisions. Only individuals have minds that generate desires and needs - and only individuals can make choices and decisions. ↗

— Harry Browne

#choices #communities #decisions #desires #generate

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

— Harry Browne

#ever #feel #happiness #himself #his

For most of our history, Americans enjoyed both liberty and security from foreign threats. ↗

— Harry Browne

#enjoyed #foreign #history #liberty #most

Freedom and responsibility aren't interconnected things. They are the same thing. ↗

— Harry Browne

#interconnected #responsibility #same #thing #things

I'm sorry that I can't snap my fingers and undo 50 years of bad American foreign policy. ↗

— Harry Browne

#american foreign policy #bad #fingers #foreign #foreign policy

In the 1880s, people all over the world looked to America for inspiration. Its very existence was proof that it was possible to have a relatively free and peaceful country. No income tax, no foreign wars, no welfare state, no intrusions on civil liberties. ↗

— Harry Browne

#civil #civil liberties #country #existence #foreign

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

#coming #country #death #fear #free

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

#any #become #better #bill #bill of rights

There was no military reason to drop atomic bombs on Japan. They were used as terrorist weapons - killing innocent people to influence other people. ↗

— Harry Browne

#atomic bombs #bombs #drop #influence #innocent