“How government works: Breaks your legs; Sells you a wheelchair; Taxes the wheelchair…”

Entry in progress—BP
   
Wikiquote: Harry Browne
Harry Edson Browne(17 June 1933 – 1 March 2006) was an American politician, libertarian writer and public speaker, and investment analyst. He was the Libertarian Party’s presidential nominee in the U. S. elections of 1996 and 2000.
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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.”
“A solution for the Middle East,” WorldNetDaily (11 April 2002)
 
Google Groups: talk.politics.libertarian
the police as political instruments
Dave Cinege
Oct 22, 1996, 3:00:00 AM
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Government is the only thing that has ever created mass chaos and death.
It breaks your legs and then brings you a wheel chair saying “See you
couldn’t get around without me”
   
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Colorado Atheists Challenging Cross in Public Park
Chuck Wright
May 28, 1998, 3:00:00 AM
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2. Due to the government’s high tax burden and burdensome regulations,
many people who wnat to give can’t afford to. Government first breaks
your legs, and then offers you a cruch and says, “See you couldn’t get
along without me.”
 
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Rev. Dr. Elocutus, first of the Borg Cardinals
Dec 24, 1998, 3:00:00 AM
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When Harry Browne ran for president in 1996, one of his favorite lines
was, “When somebody breaks your legs, he shouldn’t be surprised that
you don’t thank him for giving you crutches.”