Harry Browne Quotes

I think that the best that government can do for you and I as individuals is to empower you and I to make decisions that only you and I should make.

Everyone has to run their own race and make their own decisions.

Government is to point you in the right direction, and not to do everything for you.

Whatever I do, it's my business. It's not my job to parent America.

Every people should be originators of their own destiny.

You can be bound by physical things, as I am by certain sicknesses, but nevertheless you can still be free to recognize that all initiatives really come from yourself if you don't depend upon structures of government or structures of any kind.

The essence of freedom is that each of us shares in the shaping of his own destiny.

Whoever will be free must make himself free. Freedom is no fairy gift to fall into a man's lap.

The isolation of every human soul and the necessity of self-dependence must give each individual the right, to choose his own surroundings.

No one can decide what you should do, what course of action you should take to get where you wanna go, except for yourself.

It is for men to choose whether they will govern themselves or be governed.

Whoever will be free must make himself free. Freedom is no fairy gift to fall into a man's lap. What is freedom? To have the will to be responsible for one's self.

The inherent purpose of American government is let people seek their own goals and to encourage them to be responsible on the various adventures they have on their way to those goals, good, bad, and otherwise.

I don't think I should tell you what to do, nor should the government. As long as you enjoy your own personal liberties and don't infringe on the liberties of others, I don't care.

I would much rather see responsibilities exercised by individuals than have them imposed by the government.

I think people should do whatever they want to do. That's the point. Why should you care what other people think or say? You're not living in their pocket.

There's a flipside to this; if you as an individual have the right to live on your own terms, you must have the right to both succeed and fail on them.

I have always done what I wanted to do.

Control your own destiny or someone else will.

I always had that yearning, that hunger, to one day be independent and be my own person and build my own world. The most fulfilling thing is to live a life where you have freedom.

I think it's very important that you make your own decision about what you are. Therefore you're responsible for your actions, so you don't blame other people.

Self Control, Not State Control

The office of government is not to confer happiness, but to give men opportunity to work out happiness for themselves.

Ultimately the person, even the child, must choose for himself.

Good government can be no substitute for self-government.