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" I think libertarians need somebody who can articulate getting from A to Z. But you know, if G is achievable, how about it? Let's get there! "
Gary Johnson
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" In New Mexico... I may have vetoed more legislation as governor of New Mexico than all the other governors in the country combined. "
Gary Johnson
Country
New Mexico
New
" I majored in political science and English, but starting from the age of 17, I've paid for everything that I've had in my life. It was a personal choice. My parents would have helped me in any way whatsoever, but for me, you know what? I can make my own way. "
Gary Johnson
Parents
Science
Me
" 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
" 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
" I'm outraged that we're building roads, schools, and hospitals in Iraq and Afghanistan, and that we're doing it with borrowed money from China that we're paying interest on. I'm outraged. "
Gary Johnson
Building
Roads
Money
" 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
" I leave abortion to the woman. I just fundamentally end there. I absolutely support a woman's right to choose. "
Gary Johnson
Support
Abortion
Choose
" On Hillary's side, I don't think it gets more establishment than Hillary Clinton. If I had one word to describe Hillary, it would be 'beholden.' Nothing's gonna really change. Government's gonna have the answer to everything, and that's gonna mean taxes are gonna go up. "
Gary Johnson
Think
Change
Go
" 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
" Where in the Constitution does it say that because we don't like a foreign country's leader, we should go in and topple the dictator? "
Gary Johnson
Country
Constitution
Say
" Everyone else is parsing it in terms of lowering the corporate income tax. Eliminate it. It's not that big of a generator of income, and it's a double tax. Get rid of it, and you would have an explosion of hiring. "
Gary Johnson
Hiring
Big
Double
" I don't seek the counsel of God. God doesn't speak to me on what I should or shouldn't do. "
Gary Johnson
Seek
Counsel
Speak
" Politicians shouldn't spend most of their time in office trying to get reelected. "
Gary Johnson
Trying
Office
Most
" 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. "
Gary Johnson
Experience
Growth
Competition
" 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
" By bringing about a rational drug policy, we'd be freeing up a lot of resources for real crime. Drug disputes would get played out with courts rather than with guns. So it would make this country a much better place overnight. "
Gary Johnson
Better
Country
Crime
" 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
" The voice of the Republican party is up for grabs. It's a contest right now. "
Gary Johnson
Party
Up
Voice
" 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
" 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
" Politics is a herd mentality. Politicians don't really lead. Politicians reflect what they think is consensus opinion. "
Gary Johnson
Opinion
Think
Politicians
" 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 believe we can, and must, strike a balance between our shared American values of religious liberty and freedom from discrimination. My concerns lie with the possible consequences of politically-driven legislation which claims to promote religious liberty but instead rolls back the legal protections held by LGBT Americans. "
Gary Johnson
Balance
Lie
Legal
" 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
" I have had the good fortune to be able to climb the highest mountain on each of the seven continents. I have enjoyed the freedom I had gained from building a successful business from scratch, making some money, and creating the lifestyle I wanted. "
Gary Johnson
Good
Business
Freedom
" My fear is that people associate Rand Paul's social conservatism with libertarianism, when it's not. "
Gary Johnson
Fear
Social
People
" Regardless of who wins, an election should be a time for optimism and fresh approaches. "
Gary Johnson
Time
Optimism
Who
" 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
" The excitement right now is coming from the Liberty movement. And the Republicans want a piece of it. "
Gary Johnson
Liberty
Excitement
Right
" 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