If you like small government you need to work hard at having a strong national defense that is not so militant. Personal liberty is the purpose of government to protect liberty - not to run your personal life not to run the economy and not to pretend that we can tell the world how they ought to live.

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I like Mitt Romney as a person. I think he's a dignified person. But I have no common ground on eco

I like Mitt Romney as a person. I think he's a dignified person. But I have no common ground on economics. He doesn't worry about the Federal Reserve. He doesn't worry about foreign policy. He doesn't talk about civil liberties so I would have a hard time to expect him to ever invite me to campaign with him.

Maybe we ought to consider a Golden Rule in foreign policy: Don't do to other nations what we don't

Maybe we ought to consider a Golden Rule in foreign policy: Don't do to other nations what we don't want happening to us. We endlessly bomb these countries and then we wonder why they get upset with us?

The obligations of our representatives in Washington are to protect our liberty not coddle the worl

The obligations of our representatives in Washington are to protect our liberty not coddle the world precipitating no-win wars while bringing bankruptcy and economic turmoil to our people.

Another term for preventive war is aggressive war - starting wars because someday somebody might do

Another term for preventive war is aggressive war - starting wars because someday somebody might do something to us. That is not part of the American tradition.

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