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" My fear is that people associate Rand Paul's social conservatism with libertarianism, when it's not. "
Gary Johnson
Fear
Social
People
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" Politics is a herd mentality. Politicians don't really lead. Politicians reflect what they think is consensus opinion. "
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" I leave abortion to the woman. I just fundamentally end there. I absolutely support a woman's right to choose. "
Gary Johnson
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Abortion
Choose
" 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
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Big
Double
" 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
" 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
You
Know
Need
" Part of being out there, campaigning, talking to people, is being able to read body language. "
Gary Johnson
Talking
People
Out
" I climbed Mount Everest. I don't quit. "
Gary Johnson
Everest
Quit
Mount Everest
" I hear that Donald Trump is watching the Olympics tonight. He's seeing how high the Mexican pole vaulters go. "
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Mexican
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Seeing
" 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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Education
Money
You
" 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
" Balance the federal budget now, not 15 years from now, not 20 years from now, but now. And throw out the entire federal tax system, replace it with a fair tax, a consumption tax, that by all measurements is just that. It's fair. "
Gary Johnson
Fair
Balance
Tax
" 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
" Politicians shouldn't spend most of their time in office trying to get reelected. "
Gary Johnson
Trying
Office
Most
" It's not 2038 that Social Security is bankrupt. It's now. "
Gary Johnson
Security
Now
Social
" I'm finding myself really angry over spending and the deficit. I'm finding myself really angry over what's happening in the Middle East, the decision to stay in Afghanistan indefinitely. I'm angry about cap and trade. And I've been on record for a long time on the failed war on drugs. "
Gary Johnson
Decision
Long
Angry
" The current prohibition laws are forcing drug disputes to be played out with guns in our streets. We need to put a stop to this criminal drug element in our country. "
Gary Johnson
Streets
Laws
Guns
" 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. "
Gary Johnson
Tomorrow
Better
Place
" My next-door neighbor's two dogs have created more shovel-ready jobs than this current administration. "
Gary Johnson
Neighbor
Dogs
Two
" I don't believe there should be any restrictions when it comes to firearms. None. "
Gary Johnson
Believe
Any
Should
" I think the government should be out of the marriage business and leave marriage to the churches. "
Gary Johnson
Business
Marriage
Government
" 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
" Imagine a libertarian president ending impediments to free markets. "
Gary Johnson
President
Free
Ending
" 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
Create
Way
View
" 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
I Am
Protect
Care
" 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
Equality
End
Balance
" 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
" I just feel abandoned. And I feel, I don't feel represented by the Republican Party. I have always had to defend the social side of the Republican Party by saying that it's not the majority, that it's not their focus, when everything suggests just the opposite. "
Gary Johnson
Focus
Republican
Party
" Every time you pass a law, it is a little bite out of freedom. "
Gary Johnson
Freedom
You
Time
" There's an unintended consequence when it comes to drone attacks in Yemen. Yeah, you take out the al-Qaida stronghold, but you also wipe out the other half of the block. That makes Yemenis against the United States for the rest of their lives and all their descendants. "
Gary Johnson
United States
You
Half
" 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