"For most of our history, Americans enjoyed both liberty and security from foreign threats." ― Harry Browne Topic(s): History More From Harry Browne "World War II has always been of great interest to me. I’ve known for decades that it was just one more war the politicians suckered us into." "Government is force, pure and simple. There’s no way to sugar-coat that. And because government is force, it will attract the worst elements of society – people who want to use government to avoid having to earn their living and to avoid having to persuade others to accept their ideas voluntarily." "You don’t have to buy from anyone. You don’t have to work at any particular job. You don’t have to participate in any given relationship. You can choose." More In History "I want to reform the tax code so that it’s simple, fair, and asks the wealthiest households to pay higher taxes on incomes over $250,000 – the same rate we had when Bill Clinton was president; the same rate we had when our economy created nearly 23 million new jobs, the biggest surplus in history, and a lot of millionaires to boot."― Barack Obama "Thanks to television, for the first time the young are seeing history made before it is censored by their elders."― Margaret Mead "Watch the History Channel if you want it literal and historically perfect."― Emily Blunt