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" I climbed Mount Everest. I don't quit. "
Gary Johnson
Everest
Quit
Mount Everest
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" Tonight was a great opportunity to take on the political status quo that has given us trillion dollar deficits and put millions out of work. Our objective was to inject some common sense into the conversation among Republicans at a time when business-as-usual simply won't work. "
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Work
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Dollar
" I would say that a wasted vote is voting for anybody you don't believe in. If you believe in the third party, that's the guy you need to voice for. That's how you change things. "
Gary Johnson
Vote
Voting
Voice
" I think a great starting point for a debate and discussion over a national consumption tax is, let's start with the Fair Tax, legislation that has been written up and, I think, signed up on by 80 congressmen and women. "
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Tax
Think
Debate
" Millennials - who will soon be a full one-third of American adults - may be especially ready to become engaged in politics with a candidate who wants to give them a government that will leave them alone and get its finances in order so that they don't inherit an economic collapse. "
Gary Johnson
Politics
Government
American
" We're on the verge of a financial collapse unless we balance the budget, and that means some really, really tough decisions. "
Gary Johnson
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Balance
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" I think the world looks down on Republicans for their socially conservative views, which includes religion in government. "
Gary Johnson
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" I love Costco. "
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Love
Costco
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" I'm one of those who believe the bumper sticker: If you outlaw guns, only outlaws will have guns. The first people who are going to be in line to turn in their guns are law-abiding citizens. Criminals are going to be left with guns. "
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You
Guns
Believe
" With regard to Trump, he's saying some things that I just think are ridiculous and would disqualify any other candidate. "
Gary Johnson
Things
Ridiculous
Think
" I'm a plodder, one foot in front of the other. Life is all about understanding that anything that can go wrong, will go wrong. And it's your ability with how you deal with that adversity that ultimately affects your success. "
Gary Johnson
Understanding
Life
Success
" My fear is that people associate Rand Paul's social conservatism with libertarianism, when it's not. "
Gary Johnson
Fear
Social
People
" There was a big difference between Ron Paul and me when it came to the 'no.' His 'no' was philosophical. It was reasoned. It was right. My 'no' actually put a stop to legislation. It cut spending. Mine carried further than just no. "
Gary Johnson
Stop
Big
Me
" Do I favor the death penalty? Theoretically, I do, but when you realize that there's a 4 percent error rate, you end up putting guilty people to death. "
Gary Johnson
Death
End
People
" That's the first sign you know you're a Libertarian. You see the red light. You stop. You realize that there's not a car in sight. And you put your foot on the gas. "
Gary Johnson
Light
Car
Know
" In a zero corporate tax rate environment, if the private sector doesn't create tens of millions of jobs, then I don't know what it takes to create tens of millions of jobs. "
Gary Johnson
Tax
Know
Create
" If I could wave a magic wand, we would eliminate income tax; we would eliminate corporate tax. We would abolish the IRS, and we could replace all of it with one federal consumption tax. "
Gary Johnson
Income
Replace
Would
" Let's abolish the IRS, let's eliminate income tax, let's eliminate corporate tax, let's balance the federal budget, and if we need a tax, it can be one federal consumption tax. "
Gary Johnson
Balance
Budget
Income
" The excitement right now is coming from the Liberty movement. And the Republicans want a piece of it. "
Gary Johnson
Liberty
Excitement
Right
" I just think everything we do has an unintended consequence. We take out Saddam Hussein in Iraq, and Iraq was the check against Iran. "
Gary Johnson
Think
Check
Against
" I don't want to close the door that if any of us were president of the United States that we would sit idly by and watch something like the Holocaust go down. I don't want to close the door on the United States involving themselves and putting a stop to that. Can we spend money on that? Yeah, I think so. "
Gary Johnson
Think
Door
Down
" As governor of New Mexico, I would have - I signed a bill banning late term abortion. I've always favored parental notification. I've always favored counseling. I've always favored the notion of no public funds used for abortion. "
Gary Johnson
Always
Abortion
New
" I don't personally have a sense that life starts at conception. I don't personally have that sense. "
Gary Johnson
Starts
Sense
Life
" At the end of the day, Democrats go out and appeal to 30 percent of the far left; Republicans go out and appeal to 30 percent of the far right. Hey, there's a big middle ground here that's not represented. I think that, Bill Weld and myself, I think the Libertarian Party really occupies that ground. "
Gary Johnson
Day
Myself
End Of The Day
" Unlike President Obama, I am not afraid to state, without a wink or a nod, that the government has no right to tell us who we can marry or not marry. "
Gary Johnson
Government
Tell
Afraid
" The voice of the Republican party is up for grabs. It's a contest right now. "
Gary Johnson
Party
Up
Voice
" My issue with campaign finance is 100 percent disclosure. Wear a suit with patches from your big contributors. Depending on the size of the contribution, that's how big the patch should be. "
Gary Johnson
Suit
Big
Contribution
" I've always considered myself a Libertarian. While I was running for governor of New Mexico, the Republicans were totally inclusive of me; the party was open-armed, but they never thought I'd win. I delivered in a really big way; I exceeded their expectations and think I'm still highly regarded by the GOP in New Mexico. "
Gary Johnson
Thought
Think
Win
" I support gay unions. I think the government should get out of the marriage business completely - leave marriages to the churches. And grant civil unions to gay couples, grant civil unions to a man and woman. "
Gary Johnson
Support
Woman
Business
" I see the demographics increasing, and by that I mean the notion of social acceptance is growing, not decreasing; I think the notion of fiscal responsibility is growing, not decreasing. And Republicans seem to be moving further away from those two categories than closer. "
Gary Johnson
Think
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Acceptance
" I think that the best that government can do for you and I as individuals is to empower you and I to make decisions that only you and I should make. "
Gary Johnson
Government
You
Think