Courts have long recognized the federal government’s robust power to inspect people and goods entering the country.
BOB BARRFor far too long the American public and business sector have kept their silence as civil liberties have been whittled away by statutory and regulatory measures.
More Bob Barr Quotes
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People come up to me and tell me they support me because I never left my principles.
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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.
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Iran is not a make-believe country. It is a real country populated by some 75 million people – real people; including, I daresay, a majority who are philosophically and by education inclined toward the modern, secular world, and particularly American values.
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There is no legitimate use whatsoever for marijuana. This is not medicine. This is bogus witchcraft. It has no place in medicine, no place in pain relief.
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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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For far too long the American public and business sector have kept their silence as civil liberties have been whittled away by statutory and regulatory measures.
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Firearms manufacturers usually find themselves playing defense.
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Every day, the front page of The Drudge Report is littered with stories of government assaults on our civil liberties – from local government officials all the way up to the Oval Office.
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The goal in Afghanistan is to find the terrorists and take them out.
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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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It is difficult, if not impossible, to argue that laws written in the 1970s are adequate for today’s intelligence challenges.
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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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I sense that conservatives have largely already tuned out to the coming elections, after six years of burgeoning federal spending and inaction on key issues, such as immigration.
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It matters not whether its proponents have a ‘D’ or an ‘R’ after their name. It is a tax increase in either case.
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Let us not rush into a vast expansion of government power in a misguided attempt to protect freedom. In doing so, we will inevitably erode the very freedom we seek to protect.
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