“When will we learn that we can't allow our politicians to bully the world without someone bullying back eventually?”

—  Harry Browne

“When Will We Learn?”, posted one day after 9/11, Antiwar.com, (Sept. 12, 2001).
2000s

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American politician and writer 1933–2006

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