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

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

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

Opposing the free flow of goods or people is a bad idea.

Opposing the free flow of goods or people is a bad idea.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Natural resources are so vast that no single individual or business is going to protect...

Natural resources are so vast that no single individual or business is going to protect...

I think transportation and corrections are not the first two areas that I would go...

I think transportation and corrections are not the first two areas that I would go...

Government has a role as well in what is referred to as redistributive justice.

Government has a role as well in what is referred to as redistributive justice.

The system that had grown up in most states is that wealthy districts with an...

The system that had grown up in most states is that wealthy districts with an...

I suggest to you that increasing the size of America's economic pie - which can...

I suggest to you that increasing the size of America's economic pie - which can...

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

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

My slogan when I ran was that there is no such thing as government money,...

My slogan when I ran was that there is no such thing as government money,...

If we have major geographic areas within our continent that have a tremendous lack of...

If we have major geographic areas within our continent that have a tremendous lack of...

In the nineteenth century, slavery was the greatest wrong, and government never stood so tall...

In the nineteenth century, slavery was the greatest wrong, and government never stood so tall...

One of the functions of government is to act as a safeguard not just of...

One of the functions of government is to act as a safeguard not just of...

The courts are truly the least dangerous of the three branches of our government.

The courts are truly the least dangerous of the three branches of our government.

We absolutely have to restrain concentrations of wealth in industry from spoiling the situation for...

We absolutely have to restrain concentrations of wealth in industry from spoiling the situation for...

I dare say that a majority of the American people think that having a fair...

I dare say that a majority of the American people think that having a fair...

Micro managing anything is not a great role for government.

Micro managing anything is not a great role for government.