"Giving money and power to government is like giving whiskey and car keys to teenage boys."

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"Giving money and power to government is like giving whiskey and car keys to teenage boys."

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"Giving every man a vote has no more made men wise and free than Christianity has made them good."

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"I can make a firm pledge, under my plan, no family making less than $250,000 a year will see any form of tax increase. Not your income tax, not your payroll tax, not your capital gains taxes, not any of your taxes."

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"You may be surprised to discover you're rich, especially if you're broke."

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"Ideology, politics and journalism, which luxuriate in failure, are impotent in the face of hope and joy."

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