HARRY BROWNE 1933-2006
"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."
"You are where you are today because you've chosen to be there."
"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."
"The first step in freeing yourself from social restrictions is the realization that there is no such thing as a 'safe' code of conduct - one that would earn everyone's approval. Your actions can always be condemned by someone - for being too bold or too apathetic, for being too conformist or too nonconformist, for being too liberal or too conservative. So it's necessary to decide whose approval is important to you."
"The important thing is to concentrate upon what you can do - by yourself, upon your own initiative."
Great men and women don't die, not as long as someone remembers what they said and reminds us of their wisdom from time to time. The flame of liberty may grow a little less bright for this loss - but Harry Browne stoked that flame in so many hearts and in so many ways. He did all he could - it's up to us now.
"You are where you are today because you've chosen to be there."
"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."
"The first step in freeing yourself from social restrictions is the realization that there is no such thing as a 'safe' code of conduct - one that would earn everyone's approval. Your actions can always be condemned by someone - for being too bold or too apathetic, for being too conformist or too nonconformist, for being too liberal or too conservative. So it's necessary to decide whose approval is important to you."
"The important thing is to concentrate upon what you can do - by yourself, upon your own initiative."
Great men and women don't die, not as long as someone remembers what they said and reminds us of their wisdom from time to time. The flame of liberty may grow a little less bright for this loss - but Harry Browne stoked that flame in so many hearts and in so many ways. He did all he could - it's up to us now.
posted by B.W. Richardson at
1:38 AM
1 Comments:
bwr, as you know, I am often without any communication with the world and this is the first I have heard of Harry's passing. Harry had a national audience to spread the Libertarian message and he did it eloquently, simply, and in plain American language and the citizens of this country overwhelmingly rejected him, the LP, and any chance for a real change in politics. To be optimistic that a change will occur in the hearts and minds of our fellow citizens for more liberty, freedom, and self-governing is, I believe, a pipe dream. But, he is now free from government regulation, snooping, and the chains of freedom and can spend eternity in a restful repose. God Bless his soul, he did what he could.
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