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" I have not watched Glenn Beck. I don't watch him. "
Gary Johnson
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" All I suggest is to make K-12 like higher education. Higher education in the United States is the best in the world because these institutions compete with each other for your tuition dollar. Let's just bring competition to public education. "
Gary Johnson
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" I'm not a stone-thrower when it comes to Hillary Clinton and her emails and her server. I don't think there has been criminal intent on Hillary Clinton's part. I don't see an indictment. "
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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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" We live in America. We live in a free society where we are able to make choices. It's about giving individuals freedoms and holding them accountable. "
Gary Johnson
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America
Live
" Politicians shouldn't spend most of their time in office trying to get reelected. "
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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. "
Gary Johnson
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" I just see religious freedom, as a category, as just being a black hole. "
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" Would the world be a better place if all drugs were legalized tomorrow? Absolutely. But pragmatically speaking, you're not going to go from the criminalization of all drugs to the legalization of drugs overnight. "
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" I was your C student. I paid attention in the classes that were about how to get elected. "
Gary Johnson
Paid
How
Get
" I am actually one of those who took President Obama at his word when he first ran - that he would get us out of ill-advised wars, that he would do something about health care costs, and that he would protect civil liberties. Like many Americans, I was disappointed. "
Gary Johnson
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" Regardless of my legislation, spending has to be stopped. "
Gary Johnson
Regardless
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" The excitement right now is coming from the Liberty movement. And the Republicans want a piece of it. "
Gary Johnson
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Excitement
Right
" I'm absolutely a Ron Paul fan. "
Gary Johnson
Paul
Fan
Absolutely
" If China wants to spend $10 producing a product and sell it for a buck, who benefits from that? I think we do. I'm the free market guy. I think free markets work. "
Gary Johnson
China
Think
Work
" New Mexico is the second Hollywood. No, it is, it is. They built all sorts of film studios. "
Gary Johnson
Hollywood
New
New Mexico
" If I was a state, I would like to see education left to the schools themselves, but I don't want the federal government involved in education. I think that it ends up setting standards that cost you time and money and don't make any difference in education. I want to stop that. "
Gary Johnson
Education
Money
You
" I never, ever, when I entered this process of running for president of the United States, thought I would be excluded from the debate table. Ever. What does two terms as governor get you? "
Gary Johnson
You
Thought
Process
" 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
" I don't think you can climb Mount Everest with a broken leg, but I did break my leg prior to going to Mount Everest, so I was really climbing with a healing broken leg. I had the good fortune of climbing the highest mountain on each of the seven continents. That was a goal that I had. "
Gary Johnson
Healing
Good
Climb
" I love Costco. "
Gary Johnson
Love
Costco
I Love
" Imagine a libertarian president challenging Congress for meaningful immigration reform. "
Gary Johnson
Congress
Immigration
Meaningful
" I ran two campaigns for governor in a state that's 2-1 Democrat where I did not mention my opponent in print, radio, or television. I don't know if any other politician at a gubernatorial, congressional, or a senatorial level can make the claim. "
Gary Johnson
Opponent
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Know
" New Mexico is 2-to-1 Democrat. I got elected as a Republican. I think I did a great job of showing people that government doesn't have to spend money to make you happy, that government really needs to be providing a level playing field. "
Gary Johnson
People
Great
Happy
" My supporters are people who believe in being fiscally responsible and socially accepting. I think most people are in that category. Speaking with a broad brushstroke, those are my supporters. "
Gary Johnson
Think
Believe
People
" Having been governor of New Mexico, I know that legislation gets passed to benefit those who have money and influence. Then they buy more money and influence. That's one reason why, as governor, I vetoed more than 750 bills and thousands of line items. I did it to keep crony capitalism away from government. "
Gary Johnson
Money
Capitalism
Government
" We have the highest incarceration rate of any country in the world. 'America, land of liberty and freedom?' You know, that's baloney. More than 2 million Americans are behind bars now. Communist China has four times the population and they have 1.5 million people behind bars. "
Gary Johnson
Freedom
Know
World
" I had my freedom, and I had my comfortable life, but I couldn't accept the fact that the politicians were making it increasingly difficult for my kids and millions of others to achieve their dreams as I had achieved mine. So, in 2012, I ran for president. "
Gary Johnson
Fact
Dreams
Politicians
" 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
" 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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" I agree that the two-party system stomps on any kind of competition. A great first step is to open the presidential debates to all qualified candidates, including the Libertarians. If that happens, the Libertarian party will experience unprecedented growth. "
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