"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."

Belief, Country, Freedom, Security

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"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."

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"Rather than feeling lost and unimportant and meaningless, set against galaxies which go beyond the reach of the furthest telescopes, I feel that my life has meaning. Perhaps I should feel insignificant, but instead I feel a soaring in my heart that the God who could create all this - and out of nothing - can still count the hairs of my head."

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"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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"That guns do more than protect us from criminals; more importantly, they protect us from the ongoing threat of government."

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"The tree of liberty needs to be watered from time to time with the blood of patriots and tyrants."

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"A better educated electorate might change the reason many persons vote."

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"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."

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"Government should work to insure the rights of the individual, not plot to take them away."

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"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."

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