197 Quotes by 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.

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.

From the cranberry cancer scare of the 1950s to the Alar-in-apples hysteria of the 1980s, from the "new ice age" of the 1960s to the "global warming" of the 1990s, environmental alarms almost always turn out to be false. Few non-political scientists fear ozone loss, global warming, or acid rain. These are just issues that some people hope to use to reorder the lives of the rest of us.

A little government involvement is just as dangerous as a lot - because the first leads inevitably to the second.

When those things get to burning, it's hard to get them out.

He's been absolutely crucial. We wouldn't have done squat without Jim.

Job was tested, and he proved himself. Because of that he was rewarded greatly, and I think the same opportunity exists for those people suffering so sorely now.

I won't try to describe the various ways I tried to get the cake plate back to her without being confronted with a request for my judgment of her cake. Suffice to say that her well-intentioned favor interfered with my own plans.

We recognize how important mining is to this community, and it's definitely not our goal to shut it down.