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In the aftermath of 9/11, the Patriot Act was rushed to the floor. Several hundred pages. Nobody read it … But people voted because they were fearful and people said there could be another attack and Americans will blame me if I don’t vote on this.

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[John] Bolton is so far out there, he`s advocating bombing everyone in the world.
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Himself Terrorism World
You can’t have it both ways. You can’t tell me that you’re taxed enough already, and that you want constitutional government and then in the next breath say, ‘Bring me home some bacon.’ The pig has been picked clean.
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Breathe Enough Way Food Government Home Tax
I’m not someone who’s sort of still trying to figure out what I believe in.
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Believe Myself Try
Are you so afraid that you are willing to trade your freedom for security?
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Afraid Freedom Security Trade Willing Yourself
You can not be a conservative if you’re going to keep promoting new programs that you’re not going to pay for.
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Pay Program Yourself
I don’t want to live in a nanny state where people are telling me where I can go and what I can do.
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Live Myself People Talk Travel Work
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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Believe Creation Growth Policy Promise Security
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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End Friendship Hate Military Nation Save
The Democrats promised equalizing outcomes through unlimited federal assistance while Republicans offered something that seemed less tangible – the promise of equalizing opportunity through free markets.
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Democracy Equality Freedom Limitation Market Opportunity Promise
We don’t need bigger government. We need to shrink the size of government.
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Government Need Politics
[Marco] Rubio says we should collect all Americans’ records all of the time. The Constitution says otherwise. I think they’re both wrong. I think we defeat terrorism by showing them that we do not fear them.
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Constitution Defeat Terroism Thinking Time Wrong
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
We must always embrace individual liberty and enforce the constitutional rights of all Americans-rich and poor, immigrant and native, black and white.
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Black Constitution Liberty Poor Rich Right White
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
How much liberty do with want to give up for a false sense of security?
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Give Up Liberty Politics Safety Security
I think we need to treat everybody with dignity.
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Dignity Myself Need Thinking

In the aftermath of 9/11, the Patriot Act was rushed to the floor. Several hundred pages. Nobody read it … But people voted because they were fearful and people said there could be another attack and Americans will blame me if I don’t vote on this.

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In the aftermath of 9/11, the Patriot Act was rushed to the floor. Several hundred pages. Nobody read it … But people voted because they were fearful and people said there could be another attack and Americans will blame me if I don’t vote on this.

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