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" 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
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" Given the divisiveness and pain that have accompanied several state religious freedom laws, I approach attempts at legislating religious exceptions to anti-discrimination laws with great sensitivity and care. "
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" Marriage equality - I think that it's a constitutionally guaranteed right. Let's end the drug wars. Let's balance the federal budget, and that means reforming the entitlements - Medicaid, Medicare. "
Gary Johnson
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" 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? "
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" One of the things government should be around for is to deal with catastrophes. It should do that well. To me, that's a government function, and we shouldn't be playing political games with it. "
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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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" 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. "
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Money
You
" New Mexico is the second Hollywood. No, it is, it is. They built all sorts of film studios. "
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" 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
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Way
View
" At the base of Ron Paul support, in my opinion, are people with brains. "
Gary Johnson
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" My next-door neighbor's two dogs have created more shovel-ready jobs than this current administration. "
Gary Johnson
Neighbor
Dogs
Two
" 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
" 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
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End Of The Day
End
" I'm ready for a different America. "
Gary Johnson
Different
Ready
America
" If there's a clear genocide somewhere, don't we really want to positively impact that kind of a situation? Isn't that what we're all about? Isn't that what we've always been about? "
Gary Johnson
Impact
Kind
Want
" This is something that I witnessed out on the campaign trail for three years, which is that there is a total disconnect between the rhetoric regarding immigration and the reality. And I'm speaking as a border state. "
Gary Johnson
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Immigration
Reality
" 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 was raised a Christian. I'd like to think I have Christian values. I don't attend church. "
Gary Johnson
Christian
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" That's the first sign you know you're a Libertarian. You see the red light. You stop. You realize that there's not a car in sight. And you put your foot on the gas. "
Gary Johnson
Light
Car
Know
" I would abolish the federal Department of Education and very quickly. People don't realize that the federal Department of Education gives each state 11 cents out of every school dollar that every state spends. But it comes with 15 cents worth of strings attached. "
Gary Johnson
Worth
Education
People
" 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
" I think Hillary is going to be more hawkish perhaps than Obama. Perhaps more hawkish than Trump. Trump, though, is really a windshield wiper. He says one thing that makes sense and then says something that doesn't make sense. "
Gary Johnson
Going
Think
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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
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" I'm absolutely a Ron Paul fan. "
Gary Johnson
Paul
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Absolutely
" 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. "
Gary Johnson
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" I don't think you'll ever hear me invoking God in anything I do. "
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You
Think
" I have not watched Glenn Beck. I don't watch him. "
Gary Johnson
Glenn
Him
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" 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
" Let's abolish the IRS, let's eliminate income tax, let's eliminate corporate tax, let's balance the federal budget, and if we need a tax, it can be one federal consumption tax. "
Gary Johnson
Balance
Budget
Income
" Politics is a herd mentality. Politicians don't really lead. Politicians reflect what they think is consensus opinion. "
Gary Johnson
Opinion
Think
Politicians
" I support gay unions. I think the government should get out of the marriage business completely - leave marriages to the churches. And grant civil unions to gay couples, grant civil unions to a man and woman. "
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Woman
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