Remembering Paul Harvey’s Optimism, Wisdom, and Common Sense by Lawrence Reed

Recommendable! 

Yes, I remember Paul Harvey very well. I listened to him as often as I could while still living in Germany on U.S. Armed Forces Radio. 

I wonder whether this woke Secretary of Defense Austin or Joint Chief of Staff Milley would have ever aired any of Paul Harvey's radio broadcasts for soldiers to listen to.

"... as many as 24 million listeners per week tuned in to Harvey’s radio program (dubbed Paul Harvey News and Comment) from 1951 to 2008. ..."

In his Paul Harvey's own words:

1. "It was self-serving politicians who convinced recent generations of Americans that we could all stand in a circle with our hands in each other’s pockets and somehow get rich."
2. "If we cannot count on ourselves to do the right thing, how can we count on anyone or anything else? Self-government won’t work without self-discipline."
3. "Ever since I made tomorrow my favorite day, I’ve been uncomfortable looking back."
   
4. "Government has to be cut back like asparagus, every day, or it gets away and goes to seed. Ours did. When there’s too much of it, the flower becomes a weed."
5. "When America’s early pioneers first turned their eyes toward the West, they did not demand that somebody take care of them if they got ill or got old. They did not demand maximum pay for minimum work, or even pay for no work at all."

Remembering Paul Harvey’s Optimism, Wisdom, and Common Sense - Foundation for Economic Education Paul Harvey was one of a kind—and an American who understood the importance of liberty.