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.
BOB BARRThe backlash against Big Government is an encouraging sign of a growing resistance to the mission creep of federal power.
More Bob Barr Quotes
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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 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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People come up to me and tell me they support me because I never left my principles.
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State legislatures continue to do just that – enact laws that significantly infringe this fundamental human right.
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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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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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For decades, parents were told by so-called parenting ‘experts’ that offspring would be best raised on the belief each is special and entitled to all life has to offer.
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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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Courts have long recognized the federal government’s robust power to inspect people and goods entering the country.
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The Libertarian Party is a very mainstream party. It’s a mainstream philosophy. It’s of returning power from Washington to parents, to schools, to businesses in their communities.
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This magnificent invention has done this without succumbing to government control.
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History has shown that Big Government expands quickest in the immediate aftermath of a crisis – real or manufactured.
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The way to achieve this goal is you go negative and you don’t let up. If you’re always attacking your accusers, the debate becomes one of Democrat vs. Republican, rather than right vs. wrong.
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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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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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