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Government is the enemy of conservatism and freedom. (Ron Paul)
Well, I don't think we should go to the moon. I think we maybe should send some politicians up there. View quote
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Of course I've already taken a very modest position on the monetary system, I do take the position that we should just end the Fed. View quote
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Opinion polls consistently show that only about 5 percent of blacks have sensible political opinions, i.e. support the free market, individual liberty, and the end of welfare and affirmative action. View quote
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You don't have freedom because you are a hyphenated American; you have freedom because you are an individual, and that should be protected. View quote
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Why is it is claimed that if people won't or can't take care of their own needs, that people in government can do it for them? View quote
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I'd like to think of myself as the flavor of the decade. View quote
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There's nothing wrong with being a Conservative and coming up with a Conservative believe in foreign policy where we have a strong national defense and we don't go to war so carelessly. View quote
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I would say that I'm pretty mainstream. View quote
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I will always vote what I have promised, and always vote the Constitution, as well as I will not vote for one single penny that isn't paid for, because debt is the monster, debt is what's going to eat us up and that is why our economy is on the brink. View quote
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We get our rights from our Creator as individuals. So every individual should be treated the same way. (Ron Paul)
I didn't write them, I didn't read them at the time, and I disavow them. View quote
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We can think back no further than July of 1996, when a plane carrying several hundred people suddenly and mysteriously crashed off the coast of Long Island. Within days, Congress had passed emergency legislation calling for costly new security measures, including a controversial "screening” method which calls for airlines to arbitrarily detain passengers just because the person meets certain criteria which border on racist and xenophobic. View quote
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A grand absurdity, a great deception, a delusion of momentous proportions based on preposterous notions and on ideas whose time should never have come. Simplicity, grossly distorted and complicated. Insanity, passed off as logic. Grandiose schemes built on falsehoods with the morality of Ponzi and Madoff. Evil described as virtue. Ignorance pawned off as wisdom. Destruction and impoverishment in the name of humanitarianism. Violence, the tool of change. Preventive wars used as a road to peace. Tolerance delivered by government guns. Reactionary views in the guise of progress. An empire replacing the republic. Slavery sold as liberty. Excellence and virtue traded for mediocrity. Socialism to save capitalism. A government out of control, unrestrained by the constitution, the rule of law or morality. Bickering over petty politics as we descend into chaos. View quote
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The real isolationists are those who choose to use force overseas to promote democracy, rather than seek change through diplomacy, engagement, and by setting a positive example. View quote
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War is not popular. People get killed, and body bags end up coming back. View quote
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We have depended on government for so much for so long that we as people have become less vigilant of our liberties. View quote
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The racist effects of Davis-Bacon are no mere coincidence. In fact, many original supporters of Davis-Bacon, such as Representative Clayton Allgood, bragged about supporting Davis-Bacon as a means of keeping cheap colored labor out of the construction industry. View quote
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One of the worst aspects of the census is its focus on classifying people by race. When government tells us it wants information to help any given group, it assumes every individual who shares certain physical characteristics has the same interests, or wants the same things from government. This is an inherently racist and offensive assumption. The census, like so many federal policies and programs, inflames racism by encouraging Americans to see themselves as members of racial groups fighting each other for a share of the federal pie. View quote
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It is not we non-interventionists who are isolationists. View quote
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But let it not be said that we did nothing. (Ron Paul)
We endorse the idea of voluntarism, self-responsibility, family, friends, and churches to solve problems, rather than saying that some monolithic government is going to make you take care of yourself and be a better person. View quote
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Think of what happened after 9/11, the minute before there was any assessment, there was glee in the administration because now we can invade Iraq, and so the war drums beat. View quote
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Believe me, the intellectual revolution is going on, and that has to come first before you see the political changes. That's where I'm very optimistic. View quote
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I would like to restore your right to drink raw milk anytime you like. View quote
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