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Far too many people have been swept into the post-9/11 system of fear that is the basis of all public policy these days.

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Every American is hard-wired in history or experience to be libertarian about something.

The definition of throwing your vote away is to go into that voting booth and vote for one of two parties that will not change the direction this country's going in.

Defending the Constitution is always important. That duty is even more vital today, when the president and top administration officials argue that the executive branch may break the law whenever the president deems it to be necessary in a time which he declares to be wartime.

What has to do with your ability to fall asleep is not caffeine. It's having a clean conscience. I have a clean conscience so I can drink all the caffeine I want.

Clearly, the court today has ignored the constitutional right and responsibility of Congress to pass laws protecting citizens from dangerous and addictive narcotics...

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Be not afraid of life. Believe that life is worth living, and your belief will help create the fact.

William James The Will to Believe and Other Essays in Popular Philosophy (1897)

There is no governor anywhere; you are all absolutely free. There is no restraint that cannot be escaped.

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Most intellectual people do not believe in God, but they fear him just the same.

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