There are no more liberals They've all been mugged.

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Crime is the price society pays for abandoning character.

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A government without the power of defense! It is a solecism.

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In the long run, the public interest depends on private virtue.

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There aren't any liberals left in New York. They've all been mugged by now.

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I will have an administrative system where there is no way to extricate red tape.

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But no one has yet succeeded in reducing the size or scope of the federal government.

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In terms of other functions, we are making a mistake about insisting on a public school monopoly.

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I believe we ought to subsidize some health care for the poor, but Medicare subsidizes everyone's health care.

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I believe that the high rates of property crime (and some of the increase in violent crime) are part of the price you pay for freedom.

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