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"That guns do more than protect us from criminals; more importantly, they protect us from the ongoing threat of government."
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"We must not tolerate oppressive government or industrial oligarchy in the form of monopolies and cartels."

"Any union that can't accept workers choosing their own representatives through universal franchise is finished."

"It is from weakness that people reach for dictators and concentrated government power. Only the strong can be free. And only the productive can be strong."

"The keystone of the Fascist doctrine is its conception of the State, of its essence, its functions, and its aims. For Fascism the State is absolute, individuals and groups relative."

"The less government interferes with private pursuits, the better for general prosperity."

"The idea of being in the State Department was exciting. On the other hand, I always had in the back of my mind going into politics. If I stayed in Washington, I might end up a government hack."

"What I want to do is create more taxpayers, not more taxes."

"The Soviet government is the most realistic regime in the world - no ideals."

"I never knew a government yet that wanted to do anything."
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"That guns do more than protect us from criminals; more importantly, they protect us from the ongoing threat of government."

"The best thing going for us is Al Gore. I cannot conceive how the American people could elect him. On the other hand, I couldn't conceive how they could elect a Jimmy Carter or Bill Clinton - especially Clinton in '96."

"Freedom is our most precious commodity and if we are not eternally vigilant, government will take it all away. Individual freedom demands individual responsibility."

"Several things about Reagan are unusual in a public man. He was not a typical politician at all, but a private man in public life."

"Most politicians - those people who live, eat and breathe politics - like to sit around and talk about politics and tell political war stories. Reagan didn't do that. His war stories were movie war stories and Hollywood war stories. He loved that."

"One of the things that bothers me most is the growing belief in the country that security is more important than freedom. It ain't."

"The reason this country continues its drift toward socialism and big nanny government is because too many people vote in the expectation of getting something for nothing, not because they have a concern for what is good for the country."
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