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" An orthodox belief in big government's inefficiency cannot coexist with an orthodox belief in private industry's inability to compete with big government. "

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" Conservatives often say that we should care not about equality of outcomes but about equality of opportunity. "

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" The worst an ex-con is likely to do if given the right to vote is vote for a Democrat. "

" The only agency of the federal government with a more demoralized workforce than Homeland Security is the Small Business Administration, a notorious turkey farm that should have been abolished years ago. "

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" There is no better example of social and economic policy discussion as an idle pastime for the rich than the World Economic Forum at Davos. These guys make the millionaire schmoozers at the Aspen Ideas Festival look like short-order cooks. "

" Whatever the reason, American Muslims appear far less inclined to support the global jihad than their European counterparts. "

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