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"Well, you know, I - again, even in the context of BP, I wonder about this government's priorities. The federal government's top priority right now should be the cleanup. And BP certainly has done so many things wrong. They need to be held to account."
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"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."

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

"I never knew a government yet that wanted to do anything."

"The Constitution says that government isn't supposed to be infusing religion into our society, and so I asked to have that upheld."

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"Any people anywhere, being inclined and having the power, have the right to rise up, and shake off the existing government, and form a new one that suits them better. This is a most valuable - a most sacred right - a right, which we hope and believe, is to liberate the world."

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"I think the dot-com boom and bust represented the end of the beginning. The industry is more mature today."

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"My mother taught me about the power of inspiration and courage, and she did it with a strength and a passion that I wish could be bottled."

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