Quote by Harry Browne

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.

Left-wing politicians take away your liberty in the name of

Summary

This quote suggests that both left-wing and right-wing politicians tend to limit personal freedoms in different contexts. Left-wing politicians are said to do so in order to prioritize children and poverty reduction, while right-wing politicians do it in the name of upholding family values and fighting drug-related issues. However, the quote argues that regardless of the reasons proclaimed, the outcome is an expansion of government power and a reduction of individual freedom.

Topics

By Harry Browne

Liked the quote? Share it with your friends.

Random Quotations

Great indeed is the sublimity of the Creative, to which all

Great indeed is the sublimity of the Creative, to which all beings owe their beginning and which permeates all heaven.

I was one of 14 senators to vote against the Defense of Marr

I was one of 14 senators to vote against the Defense of Marriage Act. I thought it was a harsh and unnecessary thing to do to people across this country who care enough about each other to want to be married.

I have married thriteen couples. I'm about to do a marriage

I have married thriteen couples. I'm about to do a marriage next month.

They are imaginary characters. But perhaps not solely the pr

They are imaginary characters. But perhaps not solely the products of my imagination, since there are some aspects of the characters that relate to my own experience of a wide variety of people.

People always equate beauty with good, but it just ain't so.

People always equate beauty with good, but it just ain't so.

Beauty Good And Evil

The real test of a man is not how well he plays the role he

The real test of a man is not how well he plays the role he has invented for himself, but how well he plays the role that destiny assigned to him.

I'm the lead singer of the Beach Boys and an ambassador of t

I'm the lead singer of the Beach Boys and an ambassador of this amazing music that touched a generation.

On the other hand, all those doubts which I had felt before

On the other hand, all those doubts which I had felt before I entered the cottage as to whether these creatures were friend of foe, and whether Ransom were a pioneer or a dupe, had for the moment vanished. My fear was now of another kind. I felt sure that he creature was what we called 'good', but I wasn't sure whether I liked 'goodness' so much as I had supposed. This is a very terrible experience. As long as what you are afraid of is something evil, you may still hope that the good may come to your rescue. But suppose you struggle through to the good and find that it also is dreadful? How if food itself turns out to be the very thing you can't eat, and home the very place you can't live, and your very comforter the person who makes you uncomfortable? Then, indeed, there is no rescue possible: the last card has been played.

Make sure your subconscious knows you love it by stroking it

Make sure your subconscious knows you love it by stroking it until it purrs.

Teresa Sue McAdams

Philosophy Motivational Inspirational Self Discovery Personal Growth

Happiness in marriage is entirely a matter of chance. If the

Happiness in marriage is entirely a matter of chance. If the dispositions of the parties are ever so well known to each other or ever so similar beforehand, it does not advance their felicity in the least. They always continue to grow sufficiently unlike afterwards to have their share of vexation; and it is better to know as little as possible of the defects of the person with whom you are to pass your life.

People sometimes tell me that they prefer barbarism to civil

People sometimes tell me that they prefer barbarism to civilization. I doubt if they have given it a long enough trial. Like the people of Alexandria, they are bored by civilization; but all the evidence suggests that the boredom of barbarism is infinitely greater.

I was focused on athletics, outdoors, sports.

I was focused on athletics, outdoors, sports.