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" I would say that I'm pretty mainstream. "
Ron Paul
Mainstream
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" Though I don't personally believe that Bitcoin is true money, it should be perfectly legal, and there should be no restrictions on it; there should be no taxes on it. "
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" There is nothing wrong with describing Conservatism as protecting the Constitution, protecting all things that limit government. Government is the enemy of liberty. Government should be very restrained. "
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" I think a submarine is a very worthwhile weapon. I believe we can defend ourselves with submarines and all our troops back at home. This whole idea that we have to be in 130 countries and 900 bases... is an old-fashioned idea. "
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" 1913 wasn't a very good year. 1913 gave us the income tax, the 16th amendment and the IRS. "
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" Cliches about supporting the troops are designed to distract from failed policies, policies promoted by powerful special interests that benefit from war, anything to steer the discussion away from the real reasons the war in Iraq will not end anytime soon. "
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" The most important element of a free society, where individual rights are held in the highest esteem, is the rejection of the initiation of violence. "
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Most
Free
" Legitimate use of violence can only be that which is required in self-defense. "
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" Everyone assumes America must play the leading role in crafting some settlement or compromise between the Israelis and the Palestinians. But Jefferson, Madison, and Washington explicitly warned against involving ourselves in foreign conflicts. "
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America
" I like Mitt Romney as a person. I think he's a dignified person. But I have no common ground on economics. He doesn't worry about the Federal Reserve. He doesn't worry about foreign policy. He doesn't talk about civil liberties, so I would have a hard time to expect him to ever invite me to campaign with him. "
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" There is only one kind of freedom and that's individual liberty. Our lives come from our creator and our liberty comes from our creator. It has nothing to do with government granting it. "
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Freedom
Government
" I'd like to think of myself as the flavor of the decade. "
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Flavor
Decade
" Capitalism should not be condemned, since we haven't had capitalism. "
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Capitalism
Should
Had
" Why is it is claimed that if people won't or can't take care of their own needs, that people in government can do it for them? "
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Care
Government
" Our country's founders cherished liberty, not democracy. "
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Democracy
Liberty
Founders
" I will always vote what I have promised, and always vote the Constitution, as well as I will not vote for one single penny that isn't paid for, because debt is the monster, debt is what's going to eat us up and that is why our economy is on the brink. "
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Penny
Constitution
Always
" I have never met anyone who did not support our troops. Sometimes, however, we hear accusations that someone or some group does not support the men and women serving in our Armed Forces. But this is pure demagoguery, and it is intellectually dishonest. "
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Men
Support
Sometimes
" There's nothing wrong with being a Conservative and coming up with a Conservative believe in foreign policy where we have a strong national defense and we don't go to war so carelessly. "
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Go
Wrong
War
" Real patriotism is a willingness to challenge the government when it's wrong. "
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Government
Wrong
Challenge
" You don't quit because you happen to be behind. You want to see how you do. And who knows? Maybe somebody will stumble. "
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Quit
Want
See
" I had the privilege of practicing medicine in the early '60s, before we had any government. It worked rather well, and there was nobody on the street suffering with no medical care. "
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Suffering
Care
Government
" All initiation of force is a violation of someone else's rights, whether initiated by an individual or the state, for the benefit of an individual or group of individuals, even if it's supposed to be for the benefit of another individual or group of individuals. "
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Group
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Rights
" Just think of what Woodrow Wilson stood for: he stood for world government. He wanted an early United Nations, League of Nations. But it was the conservatives, Republicans, that stood up against him. "
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Think
Up
" Another term for preventive war is aggressive war - starting wars because someday somebody might do something to us. That is not part of the American tradition. "
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Us
" Believe me, the intellectual revolution is going on, and that has to come first before you see the political changes. That's where I'm very optimistic. "
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" During the last campaign I knew what was happening. You know, they mocked me for my foreign policy and they laughed at my monetary policy. No more. No more. "
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More
Policy
Know
" You don't have freedom because you are a hyphenated American; you have freedom because you are an individual, and that should be protected. "
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You
Individual
" How did we win the election in the year 2000? We talked about a humble foreign policy: No nation-building; don't police the world. That's conservative, it's Republican, it's pro-American - it follows the founding fathers. And, besides, it follows the Constitution. "
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Constitution
Election
Humble
" When the dollar is in trouble, that will be one of the alternatives, and the more Bitcoins are used, the worse it will be for the dollar. "
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Worse
Used
Trouble
" You wanna get rid of drug crime in this country? Fine, let's just get rid of all the drug laws. "
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Just
You
Fine