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…

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Everyone assumes America must play the leading role in crafting some settlement or compromise between...

Everyone assumes America must play the leading role in crafting some settlement or compromise between...

Cliches about supporting the troops are designed to distract from failed policies, policies promoted by...

Cliches about supporting the troops are designed to distract from failed policies, policies promoted by...

All initiation of force is a violation of someone else's rights, whether initiated by an...

All initiation of force is a violation of someone else's rights, whether initiated by an...

Believe me, the next step is a currency crisis because there will be a rejection...

Believe me, the next step is a currency crisis because there will be a rejection...

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

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

Legitimate use of violence can only be that which is required in self-defense.

Legitimate use of violence can only be that which is required in self-defense.

There is only one kind of freedom and that's individual liberty. Our lives come from...

There is only one kind of freedom and that's individual liberty. Our lives come from...

As recent as the year 2000 we won elections by saying we shouldn't be the...

As recent as the year 2000 we won elections by saying we shouldn't be the...

Just think of what Woodrow Wilson stood for: he stood for world government. He wanted...

Just think of what Woodrow Wilson stood for: he stood for world government. He wanted...

To me, to be a conservative means to conserve the good parts of America and...

To me, to be a conservative means to conserve the good parts of America and...

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

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

Our country's founders cherished liberty, not democracy.

Our country's founders cherished liberty, not democracy.

A system of capitalism presumes sound money, not fiat money manipulated by a central bank....

A system of capitalism presumes sound money, not fiat money manipulated by a central bank....

Capitalism should not be condemned, since we haven't had capitalism.

Capitalism should not be condemned, since we haven't had capitalism.

There is nothing wrong with describing Conservatism as protecting the Constitution, protecting all things that...

There is nothing wrong with describing Conservatism as protecting the Constitution, protecting all things that...

The moral and constitutional obligations of our representatives in Washington are to protect our liberty,...

The moral and constitutional obligations of our representatives in Washington are to protect our liberty,...

What is not conservative about saying, 'Don't go to war unless we go to war...

What is not conservative about saying, 'Don't go to war unless we go to war...

Setting a good example is a far better way to spread ideals than through force...

Setting a good example is a far better way to spread ideals than through force...

Throughout the 20th century, the Republican Party benefited from a non-interventionist foreign policy. Think of...

Throughout the 20th century, the Republican Party benefited from a non-interventionist foreign policy. Think of...

You wanna get rid of drug crime in this country? Fine, let's just get rid...

You wanna get rid of drug crime in this country? Fine, let's just get rid...