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

- Harry Browne
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Harry Browne
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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.

When people do things for you, it's because they want to - because you, in some way, give them something meaningful that makes them want to please you, not because anyone owes you anything.

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.

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.

You can't give the government the power to do good without also giving it the power to do bad - in fact, to do anything it wants.

But, actually, it is only Americans who say that our freedoms and prosperity are the reason foreigners hate us. If you ask the foreigners, they make it clear that it's America's bullying foreign policy they detest.

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

Whenever I say that America has become an empire, someone is sure to say I'm being ridiculous.

Forcing people to be generous isn't humanitarian, effective, compassionate or moral. Only acts that are truly voluntary for all concerned can be truly compassionate.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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