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"Pot smokers may be the largest untapped voting bloc in the country. ... A hundred million Americans have smoked marijuana. You think they want to be considered criminals?"
"I'm asked, what about criminal prosecution of those on wall street? You know what, it's probably because none of them committed any crimes. They just made some incredibly bad decisions."
"I'm finding myself really angry over spending and the deficit. I'm finding myself really angry over what's happening in the Middle East, the decision to stay in Afghanistan indefinitely. I'm angry about cap and trade. And I've been on record for a long time on the failed war on drugs."
"How simple life is. We buy a fish. We are fed. We sit close to each other, we talk and then we go to bed."
"Regardless of my legislation, spending has to be stopped."
"The current prohibition laws are forcing drug disputes to be played out with guns in our streets. We need to put a stop to this criminal drug element in our country."
"It's not 2038 that Social Security is bankrupt. It's now."
"Tonight was a great opportunity to take on the political status quo that has given us trillion dollar deficits and put millions out of work. Our objective was to inject some common sense into the conversation among Republicans at a time when business-as-usual simply won't work."
"I think libertarians need somebody who can articulate getting from A to Z. But you know, if G is achievable, how about it? Let's get there!"
"Ron Paul's revolution isn't a fluke. It's the future."
"Having a debate right now over whether or not to legalize marijuana is kind of like having a debate over whether the sun will come up tomorrow."
"The excitement right now is coming from the Liberty movement. And the Republicans want a piece of it."
"Too many Americans have lost faith in our approach to the war on drugs."
"Government Picking Winners and Losers = Corruption. When government tries to pick winners and losers, the inevitable consequence is corruption. Yes, corruption. If not in a legal sense, certainly in a moral sense"
"I'm absolutely a Ron Paul fan."
"I had a 'Mr. Smith Goes to Washington' experience as governor."