Five Takeaways from Harry Browne

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On Wednesday, April 25, the Harry Browne Facebook Page posted this meme.

Five takeaways:

  • Anyone who considers themselves actively trying to maintain anything, can label themselves “conservative.”  Or capriciously, arbitrarily, “liberal.”
  • Anyone who considers themselves actively trying to change anything, can label themselves “liberal.”  Or capriciously, arbitrarily, “conservative.”
  • Neither appellation considers the actual size of government a matter for concern, unless it is in an area that they deem important.
  • The only limit to government is the life expectancy of the society that spawns it.
  • Oscar Wilde said, “The bureaucracy is expanding to meet the needs of the expanding bureaucracy.”

— Kilgore Forelle

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