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• The Founding Fathers realized that "the power to tax is the power to destroy," which is why they did not give the Federal government the power to impose an income tax. Needless to say, the Founders would be horrified to know that Americans today give more than a third of their income to the Federal government.

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  Father, Government, Giving

  Ron Paul (2008). “Pillars of Prosperity: Free Markets, Honest Money, Private Property”, p.84, Ludwig von Mises Institute

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• The World's Smallest Political Quiz is responsible for many Americans' first contact with libertarian ideas. While traveling around the country, I have often heard people say, 'I never knew I was a libertarian until I took the Quiz!'

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  Country, Ideas, People

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• In the American political lexicon, 'change' always means more of the same: more government, more looting of Americans, more inflation, more police-state measures, more unnecessary war, and more centralization of power.

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  War, Mean, Government

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• Close Dept. of Education, but don't dismantle public schools.

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  School, Public School

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• Big government flourishes under Republicans.

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  Government, Republican, Bigs

  "Republican Congressman Slams Bush On Militarized Police State Preparation". "The Alex Jones Show", www.prisonplanet.com. October 12, 2005.

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• I see this piece of legislation as essentially being a declaration of virtual war. It is giving the President tremendous powers to pursue war efforts against a sovereign nation. ...I think it is another example of a flawed foreign policy that we have followed for a good many decades.

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  War, Thinking, Giving

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• ...[the federal] government [has no authority] to deliver a service,...and there's no evidence to show that government has ever been efficient [at] delivering...service.

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  Government, Authority, Evidence

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• I will always vote what I have promised, and always vote the Constitution, as well as I will not vote for one single penny that isn't paid for, because debt is the monster, debt is what's going to eat us up and that is why our economy is on the brink.

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  Patriotic, Pennies, Monsters

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• Our country's founders cherished liberty, not democracy.

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  Country, Historical, Democracy

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• I would say that I'm pretty mainstream.

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  Mainstream

  "CNN Live Event/Special", www.cnn.com. January 1, 2012.

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• There's nothing wrong with being a Conservative and coming up with a Conservative believe in foreign policy where we have a strong national defense and we don't go to war so carelessly.

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  Strong, War, Believe

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• Throughout the 20th century, the Republican Party benefited from a non-interventionist foreign policy. Think of how Eisenhower came in to stop the Korean War. Think of how Nixon was elected to stop the mess in Vietnam.

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  War, Party, Thinking

  The Republicans' First Presidential Candidates Debate, www.nytimes.com. May 3, 2007.

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• I have never been one who is comfortable talking about my faith in the political arena. In fact, the pandering that typically occurs in the election season I find to be distasteful. But for those who have asked, I freely confess that Jesus Christ is my personal Savior, and that I seek His guidance in all that I do.

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  Jesus, Talking, Political

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• Every country ended slavery without civil war; US could have.

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  Country, War, Civil War

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• Everyone on the Commission assumes that 9/11 resulted from a lack of government action. No one in Washington has raised the question of whether our shortcomings, brought to light by 9/11, could have been a result of too much government.

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  Light, Government, Too Much

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• With the exception of the military industrial complex, we all want a more peaceful world.

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  Military, Peaceful, World

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• Only about 5 percent of blacks have sensible political opinions.

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  Political Opinions, Sensible, Percent

  "10 Extreme Claims in Ron Paul’s Controversial Newsletters". Ron Paul's 1992 newsletter, www.motherjones.com. January 3, 2012.

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• I believe that when we overdo our military aggressiveness, what it does it actually weakens our national defense. I mean, we stood up to the Soviets. They had 40,000 nuclear weapons. Now we're fretting day in and day - night about third-world countries that have no army, navy or air force.

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  Country, Military, Believe

  The Republicans' first Presidential candidates debate at the Ronald Reagan Library in Simi Valley, California, www.nytimes.com. May 3, 2007.

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• We need a smaller and elite military, as [Donald]Rumsfeld said - and also a smaller and elite foreign policy.

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  Military, Needs, Said

  Source: www.washingtonpost.com

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• If global warming is because of weather changes - which a lot of people believe - there's not much we can do to change the weather pattern.

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  Believe, Weather, People

  Source: www.washingtonpost.com

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• If people won't spend any money, the government has this moral obligation to do it.

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  Government, People, Moral

  Source: www.peakprosperity.com

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• Right now, nobody legalized paper money. Where did that come from.

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  Paper, Paper Money, Right Now

  Source: www.foxnews.com

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• Why is it that some people, you know, think we should obey the Constitution sometimes and not other times.

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  Thinking, People, Constitution

  Source: www.foxnews.com

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• When you have war, whether it's a war against drugs, war against terrorism, war overseas, the mentality of the people change and they're more willing to sacrifice their liberties in order to be safe and secure.

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  War, Sacrifice, Order

  Source: www.nbcnews.com

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• The federal government overrules state laws where state laws permit medicinal marijuana for people dying of cancer. The federal government goes in and arrests these people, put them in prison with mandatory, sometimes life sentences. This war on drugs is totally out of control. If you want to regulate cigarettes and alcohol and drugs, it should be at the state level.

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  Cancer, War, Marijuana

  Source: www.nbcnews.com

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