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I see the Bush Doctrine as an American-style "enabling act," giving dictatorial powers to any sitting president.

Government is the enemy of conservatism and freedom.

I never would force the Justice Department to go to California and arrest people getting medical marijuana, when that's the law there.

There should essentially be no limits to the voluntary definition of marriage.

It is dissent from government policies which defines the true Patriot

We have to restore confidence that the marketplace can deliver services as well as it can goods.

People should not be able to vote to take away the rights of others.

For those who have asked, I freely confess that Jesus Christ is my personal Savior, and that I seek His guidance in all that I do.

Unlike Newt Gingrich and Rick Santorum, I never voted to provide taxpayer funding to Planned Parenthood.

Have you noticed the debt is exploding? And it's not all because of Medicare.

If we are not even free anymore to decide something as basic as what we wish to eat or drink, how much freedom do we really have left?

History has shown that the masses have been quite receptive to the promises of authoritarians which are rarely if ever fulfilled.

Your money has never been safe in the government's hands, and it never will be. Governments spend money; it's just their nature.

Scientifically, there's no debate over whether the fetus is alive and human.

When we finally decide that drug prohibition has been no more successful than alcohol prohibition, the drug dealers will disappear.

Speak up, speak often and don't worry about those that at this point cannot understand as they can never un-hear what we tell them.

We need a smaller and elite military, as [Donald]Rumsfeld said - and also a smaller and elite foreign policy.

Well, I don't think we should go to the moon. I think we maybe should send some politicians up there.

If Iran invaded Israel, it's up to Congress to declare war.

They ask me if I'm going to quit. I thought we were just getting started. We have a revolution to fight, a country to change.

Close Dept. of Education, but don't dismantle public schools.

Of course I've already taken a very modest position on the monetary system, I do take the position that we should just end the Fed.

If people won't spend any money, the government has this moral obligation to do it.

If somebody's in prison for non-violence, drug usage, and never committed a hard crime, they should be pardoned and let out.

Amend Constitution to remove aliens' birthright citizenship.

Privacy IS freedom. Leave us alone!

You don't quit because you happen to be behind. You want to see how you do. And who knows? Maybe somebody will stumble.

To me, to be a conservative means to conserve the good parts of America and to conserve our Constitution.

One thing is clear: The Founding Fathers never intended a nation where citizens would pay nearly half of everything they earn to the government.

The Federal Reserve System is nothing more than legalized counterfeit.

This much is true: you have been lied to.

We must remember, elections are short-term efforts. Revolutions are long-term projects.

Once you get the government involved in agriculture you'll have nothing but problems and expenses.

I have my shortcomings. But the message, it has no shortcomings. The message of Liberty is what America is all about.

I'm an imperfect messenger, but the message is perfect.

A failing state cannot stop a revolution whose time has come.

Every country ended slavery without civil war; US could have.

Once created, federal programs are nearly impossible to eliminate.

Bush humble foreign policy was hijacked into nation-building.

I'm convinced that you never have to give up liberties to be safe. I think you're less safe when you give up your liberties.

Do they think if we destroy our freedoms for the terrorists they will no longer have a reason to attack us?

When one gets in bed with government, one must expect the diseases it spreads.

I have some help on tweeting.

Right now, nobody legalized paper money. Where did that come from.

If you can't protect life, then how can you protect liberty?

Terror is a tactic. We can not wage "war" against a tactic.

I miss the closet. Homosexuals, not to speak of the rest of society, were far better off when social pressure forced them to hide their activities.

As an O.B. doctor of thirty years, and having delivered 4,000 babies, I can assure you life begins at conception.

We don't have the freedom of speech to talk about the weather. We have the first amendment so we can say some very controversial things.

If global warming is because of weather changes - which a lot of people believe - there's not much we can do to change the weather pattern.

Because gold is honest money it is disliked by dishonest men.

When one person can initiate war, by its definition, a republic no longer exists.

Only liberty can truly ward off tyranny, the great and eternal foe of mankind.

Setting a good example is a far better way to spread ideals than through force of arms.

In a free society, we are supposed to know the truth. In a society where truth becomes treason, however, we are in big trouble.

War is never economically beneficial except for those in position to profit from war expenditures.

American voters should understand that Congress will always find a way to spend every last dollar sent to Washington.

Our Constitution, which was intended to limit government power and abuse, has failed,

I believe that Israel is one of our most important friends in the world.

There was a time when a willingness to criticize one's own government when it was wrong was the very definition of patriotism.

Unskilled and inexperienced workers are the ones most often deprived of employment opportunities by increases in the minimum wage.

It's not like I'm just trying to win and get elected. I'm trying to change the course of history.

When the goal of political action is no longer the defense of liberty, no word other than demagoguery can describe the despicable nature of politics.

If economy were good, there'd be no immigration problem.

Jury verdicts, basketball games, and even music are enough to set off black rage, it seems,

White Castle has a unique position in the Midwest. It is a cult brand that has developed a strong, loyal following.

It is a dangerous notion that we need a government to protect us from ourselves.

There is but one special interest that we should be working for, and that would solve just about all of our problems, and that is our liberty.

Suicide terrorism stops when we stop intervening abroad.

The freedom message brings us together, it doesn't divide us.

If you have ever been robbed by a black teen-aged male, you know how unbelievably fleet-footed they can be.

True prosperity can only come from a healthy economy and sound money. That can only be achieved in a free society.

We need to make sure that people can save all the money they spend on medical care by getting it back from their taxes, by reducing their tax burden.

By the way, when I say cut taxes, I don't mean fiddle with the code. I mean abolish the income tax and the IRS, and replace them with nothing.

I'm all for raw milk. I think you should make your own choice on whether you drink raw milk or not.

Foreign aid is taking money from the poor people of a rich country and giving it to the rich people of a poor country.

Remember, politicians get votes by promising everything to everyone, always at the expense of some other invisible taxpayers.

Never voted to spend one penny of Social Security money.

We should respect each other as rational beings by trying to achieve our goals through reason and persuasion rather than threats and coercion.

Sanctions are not diplomacy. They are a precursor to war and an embarrassment to a country that pays lip service to free trade.

Liberty built civilization. It can rebuild civilization.

Only about 5 percent of blacks have sensible political opinions.

The only thing we should prohibit is violence.

Israeli government & the neocons want US to bomb Iran.

You don't have a right to a house, you don't have a right to a job, you don't have a right to medical care.

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?

There is no such thing as a hate crime.

We're being taxed to blow up bridges in Iraq and rebuild them, while ours at home are falling down

Unfortunately, the greater the humanitarian outreach, the greater the violence required to achieve it.

I'd like to think of myself as the flavor of the decade.

The Founders warned that a free society depends on a virtuous and moral people. The current crisis reflects that their concerns were justified.

I would absolutely never use the federal government to enforce the law of using marijuana

Stop policing the world and we can get rid of income tax.

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.

I want to just obey the Constitution.The Constitution says only gold and silver can be legal tender.

H. L. Mencken said, The urge to save humanity is almost always a false front for the urge to rule.

Real patriotism is a willingness to challenge the government when it's wrong.

We get our rights from our Creator as individuals. So every individual should be treated the same way.

I think it's a theory, the theory of evolution and I don't accept it as a theory.

I would like to restore your right to drink raw milk anytime you like.