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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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We have to think before we act.
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Action Advice One Liner Thinking
You can send a clear message to the establishment.
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Establishment Message Yourself
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
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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Children Live Myself Play Rule Weakness
Cut defense spending as part of cutting all federal spending.
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Money Protection
I read all of Ayn Rand’s novels when I was 17.
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Novel Reading Young
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
The history of African-American repression in this country rose from government-sanctioned racism. Jim Crow laws were a product of bigoted state and local governments.
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Country Government History Oppression
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
I’ve put pencil to paper… and I’ve said I would cut spending, and I’ve said exactly where. Each one of my budgets has taken a meat axe to foreign aid, because I think we ought to quit sending it to countries that hate us.
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Country Hate Money Myself Quit Thinking
It’s curious that only in Washington can you spend $2 billion and claim that you’re saving money.
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Funny Money Yourself
During the Great Depression African Americans understood that Republicans championed citizenship and voting rights, but they became impatient for economic emancipation.
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Citizenship Economy Patience Right Thinking Vote
I do believe people ought to be left alone. I don’t care who you are or what you do at home or who your friends are or where you hang out, what kind of music you listen to, what you do in your home is your own business. That’s always been who I am. I am a leave me alone kind of guy.
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Alone Believe Business Care Friendship Home Kind Leaving Listening Music Myself People
Congress shall pass no law that exempts themselves!
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Law Politics Selfish
America’s not the world’s policeman. Terrible things happen across the globe and it is beyond our means to right every wrong. But when, with modest effort and risk, we can stop children from being gassed to death and thereby make our own children safer over the long run, I believe we should act.
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Act Believe Beyond Children Death Effort Guard Right Risk Safety Stop World Wrong
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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Bad Economy People Punishment Rich Work

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