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Harry Browne was an inspirational speaker who was
passionate about the cause of individual liberty and
much smaller government.
Having run for President twice as the Libertarian
Party’s nominee, having written 13 books and
published thousands of articles, Browne was
well-equipped to present the case for individual
liberty over a wide range of issues — health care,
education, the environment, Social Security, foreign
policy, the Drug War, the income tax, immigration,
and much more. His stance in all areas: people
acting on their own achieve all that we value, while
government works against our interests to further
the interests of politicians. And whatever the
issue, he presented insights you weren’t likely to
have heard from other speakers or writers.
Some of his more
popular speeches were:
"The Prospects for
Liberty in America"
"Protecting
America from Terrorism without Aggression or
Appeasement"
"The Five Benefits
of Repealing the Income Tax"
"The War Racket"
"In Praise of
American Business"
"Too Many Lawyers
or Too Many Laws?"
"Ending the Insane
War on Drugs"
"Saving the
Environment through Freedom"
"How to Operate
the U.S. Government on $100 billion per Year"
"Reducing Crime by
Reducing Government"
"What Happened to America?"
 A favorite Browne topic
was "In Praise of American Business" a tribute to the men and women who bring us our food and clothing, build our homes, provide entertainment, and enhance our lives in thousands of ways. They do this in spite of incessant interference from politicians, reformers, busybodies, and ivory-tower critics. This speech showed business executives how to stop trying to appease their opponents, how to explain their actions, and how to enlist customers and employees to help resist the intrusions of politicians.
"Protecting America from Terrorism" presented
a fresh perspective that could make America much
safer without either pre-emptive wars or appeasement.
His speech "Ending the Insane War on Drugs" showed how
Drug Prohibition (like Alcohol Prohibition) bred
crime, unsafe drugs, police corruption, oppressive law
enforcement, and the destruction of the Bill of Rights.
And he showed how the post-Drug-War world was likely to
look.
His audiences often recognized him, as he made numerous appearances on national TV shows such as Meet the Press, Hannity & Colmes, The Larry King Show, and dozens of news and opinion shows on CNN, the Fox TV News channel,
C-SPAN, PBS, and MSNBC. He also appeared on hundreds of radio shows.
In addition to giving memorable speeches, he
helped with fund-raising and pre-event publicity.
Click
here for Harry Browne's biographical information.
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