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" I don't believe there should be any restrictions when it comes to firearms. None. "
Gary Johnson
Believe
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Should
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" Getting elected Governor of New Mexico, I really did enjoy that job. I thought I made a really big difference, and I think the same running for president of the United States - that I could make a really big, positive difference. "
Gary Johnson
Enjoy
Thought
Think
" Religious beliefs have played a vital role in forming America's character as well as my own. I was raised as a Lutheran, and I believe in God and consider my faith and involvement with organized religion to be an important part of who I am. "
Gary Johnson
Faith
Character
I Am
" Imagine a libertarian president challenging Congress for meaningful immigration reform. "
Gary Johnson
Congress
Immigration
Meaningful
" I don't want to put one innocent person to death to put 99 that are guilty to death. So philosophically I'm a tooth-for-tooth guy, but the reality is the death penalty as public policy is flawed. "
Gary Johnson
Reality
Innocent
Death Penalty
" Politics is a herd mentality. Politicians don't really lead. Politicians reflect what they think is consensus opinion. "
Gary Johnson
Opinion
Think
Politicians
" I would have never signed the Patriot Act. I would have never signed the National Defense Authorization Act allowing for arrests and detainment of you and me as U.S. citizens without being charged. "
Gary Johnson
Patriot
Never
Me
" If we had zero corporate tax in this country, tens of millions of jobs would get created in this country for no other reason. "
Gary Johnson
Reason
Tax
Zero
" 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
Responsibility
Acceptance
" I believe in a strong national defense. But it's my belief that neither Iraq nor Afghanistan poses a threat to national security, and we shouldn't be involved in either area. "
Gary Johnson
Strong
Security
Believe
" I have not watched Glenn Beck. I don't watch him. "
Gary Johnson
Glenn
Him
Watch
" I think I view the system the same way that Ayn Rand views the system - that it really oppresses those that create, if you will, and tries to take away from those that produce and give to the non-producers. "
Gary Johnson
Create
Way
View
" I'd like to think I would have signed the Civil Rights bill and wouldn't have had any issues with it. "
Gary Johnson
Civil
Civil Rights
Like
" It costs more money to put a person on death row than it does to lock them up for the rest of their lives because of attorney fees. "
Gary Johnson
Money
Person
Rest
" 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
" As I told the students every time I visited a campus, you are the director of your own movie, and if you aren't enjoying what you are doing, change it. "
Gary Johnson
Own
Doing
Change
" 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
" It is long overdue that we have a woman as a legitimate contender for the White House. But Hillary Clinton is the definition of the establishment so many are determined to reject. "
Gary Johnson
Determined
House
Long
" New Mexico is the second Hollywood. No, it is, it is. They built all sorts of film studios. "
Gary Johnson
Hollywood
New
New Mexico
" We should make it as easy as possible to be able to get a legal work visa - not citizenship, not a green card. Just a work visa, with a background check and a Social Security card so that applicable taxes would get paid. "
Gary Johnson
Work
Easy
Green
" This country would be a better place to live in if all the resources we currently put toward criminalizing marijuana were instead spent by law enforcement on protection from real crime, as opposed to victimless crime. "
Gary Johnson
Country
Crime
Law
" We should be open to a discussion on keeping guns out of the hands of the mentally ill. I don't know how that manifests itself, but I'm looking to get elected president of the United States. I just want to let people know I have an open mind about how we might - how government might - interject itself in a lot of the problems we have. "
Gary Johnson
Government
Hands
Looking
" Would this country be better off if no one drank? Yes, it would be, but we tried that; it doesn't work. I don't want to tell anybody that they can't have as many drinks as they want every single night of the week as long as they don't get behind the wheel of a car. "
Gary Johnson
Better
Work
Week
" Medicaid and Medicare both need to be devolved to the states. "
Gary Johnson
Both
Medicare
Need
" Hillary - at the end of the day, isn't that going to be about bigger government? Isn't that going to be about more taxes? "
Gary Johnson
Government
End Of The Day
End
" I hope that people will see that we don't have to sit by the sidelines and watch as the two major parties limit their choices to slightly different flavors of the status quo. It is, in fact, possible to join the fray, stand up for principles and offer a real alternative. "
Gary Johnson
Choices
People
Stand
" Regardless of who wins, an election should be a time for optimism and fresh approaches. "
Gary Johnson
Time
Optimism
Who
" If there were no government-guaranteed student loans, college tuition would be much lower. "
Gary Johnson
College
Student Loans
Student
" Politicians shouldn't spend most of their time in office trying to get reelected. "
Gary Johnson
Trying
Office
Most
" I climbed Mount Everest. I don't quit. "
Gary Johnson
Everest
Quit
Mount Everest
" The retirement age needs to be raised. A portion of Social Security ought to be privatized, if not all. And there probably needs to be some means testing. It's a Ponzi scheme that's not sustainable. "
Gary Johnson
Age
Retirement
Security