Nobody is denying we should investigate and do what we can to prevent gun crime in our cities and towns. But, we should not scapegoat the American gun owner for complicated, cultural problems we are just beginning to understand.
BOB BARRI supported the Iraq resolution, but that was not an approval of war in Iraq and certainly was not approval for an occupation of Iraq.
More Bob Barr Quotes
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The seemingly omnipresent storm clouds hanging over the Constitution often make it hard to find a silver lining.
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In a single generation, the Internet has given to virtually every person on the face of the earth the ability to communicate with fellow human beings on virtually any topic, at any time, and in every nook and cranny on the globe.
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The Republican Party has become the party of the government status quo, and conservatives see no reason to reward it with their votes.
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The world is undoubtedly a safer, freer place because Thatcher – like Reagan – refused to back down when it came to defending freedom.
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Widespread use of online voting will create the potential for abuse that will make the problems inherent in e-voting pale in comparison.
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Chicago is known for good steaks, expensive stores and beautiful architecture.
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Going to war against Iran – whether one calls such a move ‘surgical’ or ‘total’ – would be an extremely serious undertaking; with worldwide economic, military, diplomatic and human ramifications in both the short- and the long-term.
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MoveOn loves government. It remains enamored of government spending as fuel for its liberal agenda; and anything that threatens to close that spigot in any degree is perceived as a dire threat – worthy of Chicken-Little warnings that the sky is going to fall.
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The backlash against Big Government is an encouraging sign of a growing resistance to the mission creep of federal power.
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After all, the very foundation of national sovereignty is a nation’s ability to protect its borders.
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The goal in Afghanistan is to find the terrorists and take them out.
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Courts have long recognized the federal government’s robust power to inspect people and goods entering the country.
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I supported the Iraq resolution, but that was not an approval of war in Iraq and certainly was not approval for an occupation of Iraq.
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This magnificent invention has done this without succumbing to government control.
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I believe great damage is being done to our Constitution, and I see no remedy at all, no likelihood of that changing, if we rely on the two parties to field our candidates for national office.
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