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

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Capitalism should not be condemned, since we haven't had capitalism.

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

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

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

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So the time line of when we consider a fetus 'human' is arbitrary after conception.

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Even if you don't like guns and don't want to own them, you benefit from those who do.

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Because federal hate crime laws criminalize thoughts, they are incompatible with a free society.

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It is no coincidence that the century of total war coincided with the century of central banking.

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

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We can achieve much more in peace than we can ever achieve in these needless, unconstitutional, undeclared wars.

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In the free society envisioned by the founders, schools are held accountable to parents, not federal bureaucrats.

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

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Our foolish policy in Iraq invites terrorist attacks against U.S. territory and incites the Islamic fundamentalists against us.

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A nation without secure borders is no nation at all. It makes no sense to fight terrorists abroad when our own front door is left unlocked.

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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.

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

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The federal government has no right to treat all Americans as criminals by spying on their relationship with their doctors, employers, or bankers.

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Mr. Speaker, I once again find myself compelled to vote against the annual budget resolution for a very simple reason: it makes government bigger.

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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.

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I am convinced that there are more threats to American liberty within the 10 mile radius of my office on Capitol Hill than there are on the rest of the globe.

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Everyone who believes in freedom must work diligently for sound money, fully redeemable. Nothing else is compatible with the humanitarian goals of peace and prosperity.

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The ultimate goal of the anti-religious elites is to transform America into a completely secular nation, a nation that is legally and culturally biased against Christianity.

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The constant refrain that bringing our troops home would demonstrate a lack of support for them must be one of the most amazing distortions ever foisted on the American public.

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How can I run for office and say I want to be a weak president? We need a strong president, strong enough to resist the temptation of taking power the President shouldn't have.

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Good morning, Mr. Greenspan. I understand that you did not take my friendly advice last fall. I thought maybe you should look for other employment, but I see you have kept your job.

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Having federal officials, whether judges, bureaucrats, or congressmen, impose a new definition of marriage on the people is an act of social engineering profoundly hostile to liberty.

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It's amazing that people don't understand that the more the market is involved and the smaller the government, the lower the price, the better the distribution, and the higher the quality.

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Income taxes are responsible for the transformation of the Federal government from one of limited powers into a vast leviathan whose tentacles reach into almost every aspect of American life.

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Nothing good can come from the Federal Reserve. It is the biggest taxer of them all. Diluting the value of the dollar by increasing its supply is a vicious, sinister tax on the poor and middle class.

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