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" 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
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" If there were no government-guaranteed student loans, college tuition would be much lower. "
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Student Loans
Student
" I just see religious freedom, as a category, as just being a black hole. "
Gary Johnson
Being
See
Just
" 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
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Business
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" 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
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Good
Climb
" 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
" I was the Republican governor of the heavily Democratic state of New Mexico. I focused on good government, and I got it done - just like my running mate, former Massachusetts Gov. Bill Weld. The people of New Mexico reelected me by a comfortable margin. Ditto for Weld. "
Gary Johnson
People
New
Me
" 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
" My fear is that people associate Rand Paul's social conservatism with libertarianism, when it's not. "
Gary Johnson
Fear
Social
People
" 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
" 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'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
" 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. "
Gary Johnson
Server
Think
Intent
" 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
" It's not 2038 that Social Security is bankrupt. It's now. "
Gary Johnson
Security
Now
Social
" The voice of the Republican party is up for grabs. It's a contest right now. "
Gary Johnson
Party
Up
Voice
" Politicians shouldn't spend most of their time in office trying to get reelected. "
Gary Johnson
Trying
Office
Most
" I'm going to make the claim that I'm stronger than Obama when it comes to civil liberties, and I'm going to make the claim that I'm stronger than Romney when it comes to dollars and cents. "
Gary Johnson
Stronger
Claim
Civil Liberties
" I'll be the first one to admit that if I have conclusions based on faulty premises, then let me know about that, and I'll be the first one to change it. "
Gary Johnson
Know
Admit
Change
" We are a nation of immigrants, and if the truth be known, don't we need a whole lot of immigrants to be buying homes and to drive our economy and to take jobs that U.S. citizens don't want? "
Gary Johnson
Truth
Need
Nation
" Part of being out there, campaigning, talking to people, is being able to read body language. "
Gary Johnson
Talking
People
Out
" 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. "
Gary Johnson
Tax
Think
Debate
" Medicaid and Medicare both need to be devolved to the states. "
Gary Johnson
Both
Medicare
Need
" 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 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
" 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
" Regardless of who wins, an election should be a time for optimism and fresh approaches. "
Gary Johnson
Time
Optimism
Who
" 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
" 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
" I don't think you'll ever hear me invoking God in anything I do. "
Gary Johnson
Hear
You
Think
" I don't smoke marijuana anymore. I don't drink. Marijuana is a handicap. So is alcohol. Alcohol is a terrible handicap. But in spite of being a handicap, it shouldn't be criminal. "
Gary Johnson
Alcohol
Terrible
Drink