Harry Browne Quotes

You don't know whether he's thought through how this is going to affect the Middle East.

There's nobody to believe in anymore, nobody to trust.

We'll see if [Donald Trump] really means it though; he will get a chance to deliver on that promise. And if he doesn't, we'll make sure the people know about it.

Trust is as slippery as a basket of eels sometimes.

Democracy is an insecure landscape.

The reelection of Bill Clinton is as secure as a double-knot tied in wet rawhide.

Political life loves some volatility.

...our best built certainties are but sand-houses and subject to damage from any wind of doubt that blows.

I won't budge; I will act like a hedgehog and wait until they come to talk to me. I will yield nothing. We will see if they can manage without me. Lloyd George is a trickster…. I don't like being double-crossed. Lloyd George has deceived me. He made me the finest promises, and now he breaks them.

Richard Nixon never trusted anybody.

People who work for the Donald Trump admonistration do not know from day to day whether there job is there or what it is.

There's never been a time in my life where you had the names the United States and political uncertainty in the same sentence.

Trust has always been a hard issue in my life, and when I was with the UFC, it was hard for me to trust people because it was like I was seeing lies, up to lies, up to lies.

Certainty in politics is never a given.

Nothing is certain in life but death and taxes. And in Donald Trump's case, lies.

A person could look at me through ninety-five per cent of my experience and know that I had no shot. Because I was so unreliable. The only thing you could rely on me for was to betray you.

Politics and self-interest have been so uniformly connected, that the world, from being so often deceived, has a right to be suspicious of public characters.

Can’t promise I’ll stay. That would be lying. And I’m so, so tired of lies.

The insecure way is the secure way.

Enemies' promises were made to be broken.

Safe upon the solid rock the ugly houses stand. Come and see my shining palace built upon the sand!

It is almost a guarantee that in the pursuit of security you will become more insecure. Inherent in the quest for security is its undoing.

There is always the threat of tomorrow's treachery, or next year's treachery, or the treachery implicit in all the tomorrows beyond that.

Not even self-love can always be counted on for support.

I can't tell the difference between wrong and right, are you laughing at me?