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I call myself a constitutional conservative.

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The Founders never intended for Americans to trust their government. Our entire Constitution was predicated on the notion that government was a necessary evil, to be restrained and minimized as much as possible.
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Constitution Evil Government Necessary Possible Trust
Unless you really stand for something, people aren’t motivated to go out and vote for you.
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Motivational People Vote Yourself
There is nothing conservative about bailing out Wall Street. Likewise, there is nothing progressive about billion dollar loans to millionaires to build solar panels.
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Build Growth Improvement Loan Money Progress Wasted
We should be proud that so many want to come to America, that it is still seen as the land of opportunity. Let’s make it a land of legal work, not black-market jobs. Let’s make it a land of work, not welfare. Our land should be one of assimilation, not hiding in the shadows.
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Hide Job Legal Opportunity Ourselves Proud Shadow Work
We will not cut one penny from the safety net until we’ve cut every penny from corporate welfare.
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Business Money Oneself Safety
I never, ever cheated [in medical school]. I don’t condone cheating. But I would sometimes spread misinformation. This is a great tactic. Misinformation can be very important.
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The Republican Party is an empty vessel unless we imbue it with values.
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Empty Government Party Value
I will not vote to send my sons, or your sons, daughters, brothers, sisters or friends to fight for a stalemate.
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Family Fight Myself Vote War
If you’re white and you’re rich in the USA, if you get busted for drugs, you get a good attorney, and you in all likelihood serve no time. But if you’re poor, black, Hispanic, or poor and white for that matter, you can get put in jail.
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And when the time is right, I hope that African Americans will again look to the party of emancipation, civil liberty, and individual freedom.
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You know, when Republicans were in charge, we doubled the debt. But, now, our concern is the Democrats are in charge and they’re tripling the debt. So, really, our concern is that we want smaller government.
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Democracy Government Money Ourselves Small Tax
If I have a weakness, it’s that I try to live by the rules. I try to live by the rules, no matter what they are, and I was brought up that way as a kid. Play by the rules.
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For liberty to expand, government must shrink. For the economy to grow, government must get out of the way.
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Economy Government Growth Liberty Way
Inherent to socialism is the absence of choice. If I want to choose my own pretzels or books or iphones, they prevent me – they fine me, or imprison me. And those systems, not infrequently have historically, have developed into systems where there are programs.
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We have to think before we act.
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The fundamental reason why Medicare is failing is why the Soviet Union failed – socialism doesn’t work.
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