4 Harry Browne Quotes on Power

Harry Browne quotes on power

2. Government is good at one thing: It knows how to break your legs, hand you a crutch, and say, 'See, if it weren't for the government, you wouldn't be able to walk.'

32. We may not always recognize it, but government plays a bigger role in our lives than any other single person or institution. We spend nearly half of our lives working to pay for it. Children spend more time in government schools than they do with their parents. Birth, death, marriage, every area of our lives feels the influence of government.

37. Whenever a dictator uses Stalin's quote of 'breaking eggs to make an omelette', they are demanding 'your eggs' be sacrificed and broken, not theirs, and the 'omelette' never materializes.

39. 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.