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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? "
Gary Johnson
Country
Constitution
Say
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" We do live in an environment of crony capitalism, and the main reason we do is that loopholes are for sale, and both parties have their hands out through those loopholes. "
Gary Johnson
Live
Hands
Environment
" We have the highest incarceration rate of any country in the world. 'America, land of liberty and freedom?' You know, that's baloney. More than 2 million Americans are behind bars now. Communist China has four times the population and they have 1.5 million people behind bars. "
Gary Johnson
Freedom
Know
World
" Using a broad brushstroke, I think Libertarian - most of America are socially accepting and fiscally responsible. I'm in that category. I think, broadly speaking, that's a Libertarian. A Libertarian is going to be somebody who's really strong on civil liberties. "
Gary Johnson
Strong
America
Responsible
" 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
" Our government should not be spying on the electronic communications of American citizens. Nor should our iPhones or Android devices be subject to unreasonable searches and seizures. "
Gary Johnson
Android
Citizens
American
" Part of being out there, campaigning, talking to people, is being able to read body language. "
Gary Johnson
Talking
People
Out
" 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
" Most Americans are fiscally conservative and socially liberal. I'm advocating a balanced budget. But along with that, look, there should be gay marriage equality. A woman should have the right to choose. Let's not build a fence across the border. "
Gary Johnson
Gay
Look
Equality
" I hope that people will see that we don't have to sit by the sidelines and watch as the two major parties limit their choices to slightly different flavors of the status quo. It is, in fact, possible to join the fray, stand up for principles and offer a real alternative. "
Gary Johnson
Choices
People
Stand
" 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
" 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 don't personally have a sense that life starts at conception. I don't personally have that sense. "
Gary Johnson
Starts
Sense
Life
" 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
" I am totally a fringe candidate, and so is Bill Weld: you know, two Republican governors serving in heavily blue states, outspoken, small government guys, outspoken on the social liberal side. We're fringe, totally. We're fringe. "
Gary Johnson
I Am
Blue
You
" One of the biggest concerns that many voters have with both Hillary Clinton and Donald Trump, but particularly with Ms. Clinton, is the sense that she uses government power to advance her personal and political interests. She is the very status quo. Americans want that changed. "
Gary Johnson
Want
Political
Power
" Immigration is a good thing. We should make that as easy as possible. "
Gary Johnson
Possible
Make
Immigration
" I climbed Mount Everest. I don't quit. "
Gary Johnson
Everest
Quit
Mount Everest
" My fear is that people associate Rand Paul's social conservatism with libertarianism, when it's not. "
Gary Johnson
Fear
Social
People
" I was opposed to the government mandating that restaurants not allow people to smoke, believing it becomes the customer's choice whether they go in or not. But then, I thought, 'What about the employees? Aren't they hostage to a smoking environment, even if they don't smoke?' "
Gary Johnson
Government
Thought
People
" New Mexico is the second Hollywood. No, it is, it is. They built all sorts of film studios. "
Gary Johnson
Hollywood
New
New Mexico
" If I could wave a magic wand, we would eliminate income tax; we would eliminate corporate tax. We would abolish the IRS, and we could replace all of it with one federal consumption tax. "
Gary Johnson
Income
Replace
Would
" At the base of Ron Paul support, in my opinion, are people with brains. "
Gary Johnson
Paul
Brains
Opinion
" There was a big difference between Ron Paul and me when it came to the 'no.' His 'no' was philosophical. It was reasoned. It was right. My 'no' actually put a stop to legislation. It cut spending. Mine carried further than just no. "
Gary Johnson
Stop
Big
Me
" There's no way that a third party wins without being in the presidential debates. I think the vast majority of Americans are Libertarian; they just don't know it. "
Gary Johnson
Without
Party
Know
" 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
" It is clear from the reaction to our campaign so far that our message is resonating. I look forward to continuing to take this message to all Americans, and showing them that I can be as successful running the country as I was running the state of New Mexico. "
Gary Johnson
New
Look
Country
" If Clinton is elected or if Trump is going to get elected, I think the polarization in Congress will be greater than ever. Nothing is going to get done. It is going to be so ugly, so partisan, so back-biting. Well what if you elect a couple of Libertarians? "
Gary Johnson
Nothing
Ugly
Done
" I hear that Donald Trump is watching the Olympics tonight. He's seeing how high the Mexican pole vaulters go. "
Gary Johnson
Mexican
Donald Trump
Seeing
" I think that the best that government can do for you and I as individuals is to empower you and I to make decisions that only you and I should make. "
Gary Johnson
Government
You
Think
" 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