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The Constitution was not written to restrain the citizen’s behavior, it was written to restrain the government’s behavior.

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Fear & complacency allow power to accumulate & liberty & privacy to suffer.
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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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The fundamental reason why Medicare is failing is why the Soviet Union failed – socialism doesn’t work.
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We don’t need bigger government. We need to shrink the size of government.
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In a free society we will tolerate boorish people, who have abhorrent behavior, but if we’re civilized people we publicly criticize that and don’t belong to those groups or associate with those people.
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If you give up your rights now, don’t expect to get them back.
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Expectation Give Up Loss Right Yourself
Cut defense spending as part of cutting all federal spending.
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The U.S. should never get involved where we have no clear national interest. We should not intervene militarily in a country like Syria, where we can’t separate friend from foe and might end up arming the very people who hate us the most.
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I don’t plan on being bashful.
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We shouldn’t be fearful of freedom, we shouldn’t be fearful of individual liberty.
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There comes a time, there comes a time in the history of nations when fear and complacency allow power to accumulate and liberty and privacy to suffer. That time is now and I will not let the Patriot Act, the most unpatriotic of acts go unchallenged.
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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
We all either work for rich people or we sell stuff to rich people, so just punishing rich people is as bad for the economy as punishing anyone. Let’s not punish anyone.
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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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The Republican promise is for policies that create economic growth. Republicans believe lower taxes, less regulation, balanced budgets, a solvent Social Security and Medicare will stimulate economic growth.
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If you give up your rights now, don’t expect to get them back.
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Expectation Give Up Loss Right Yourself

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