Managing people's sex lives is something that I don't think is a good role for government.

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There are several such issues where I have departed radically from the Republican orthodoxy.

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I think coercive taxation is theft, and government has a moral duty to keep it to a minimum.

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Liberals often don't see the problems, and conservatives don't see the promise, of government.

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I have come to realize that Jesse Helms stands for everything in politics that is anathema to me.

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I don't understand the Democrats' approach to Social Security in this country, and I'm not alone.

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It's healthy for government to be a kind of moral catalyst, using the bully pulpit of high office.

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One of the functions of government is to act as a safeguard not just of property but of our liberties.

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It's not good for government to tell people that the world owes them a living and that things are free.

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I think transportation and corrections are not the first two areas that I would go looking for massive change.

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