"The tree of liberty needs to be watered from time to time with the blood of patriots and tyrants."
-Lyn Nofziger
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"The reason this country continues its drift toward socialism and big nanny government is because too many people vote in the expectation of getting something for nothing, not because they have a concern for what is good for the country.“
-Lyn Nofziger
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"I think the American people have become more reliant upon government and less reliant upon themselves and that they now tend to put security ahead of freedom, but I think freedom is the most important aspect of our lives."
-Lyn Nofziger
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"The reason this country continues its drift toward socialism and big nanny government is because too many people vote in the expectation of getting something for nothing, not because they have a concern for what is good for the country."
-Lyn Nofziger
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"I sometimes lie awake at night trying to think of something funny that Richard Nixon said."
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"One of the things that bothers me most is the growing belief in the country that security is more important than freedom. It ain't."
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"It's become unfashionable to celebrate political achievement, and Labour achievement even less so. And it's positively uncouth to be proud of something that this Labour government is doing. So, slam me for saying so, but I'm really proud of the NHS."
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"More people on unemployment benefits is not success in America, fewer people on not because we kicked them off but because they have been able to get a job in the private sector, because government got out of the way."
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