Gary Johnson Quotes

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• I think very fundamentally to being Libertarian is not having a social agenda. I accept who you are and the life that you live as long as your life does not adversely affect mine.

  Gary Johnson

  Thinking, Long, Doe

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• A wasted vote is voting for someone that you don't believe in

  Gary Johnson

  Believe, Voting, Vote

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• I don't believe there should be any restrictions when it comes to firearms. None.

  Gary Johnson

  Believe, Restriction, Should

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• I hope that people will see that we don't have to sit by the sidelines and watch as the two major parties limit their choices to slightly different flavors of the status quo. It is, in fact, possible to join the fray, stand up for principles and offer a real alternative.

  Gary Johnson

  Real, Party, Two

  "This isn't the year for ideological purity. Don't vote for Jill Stein" by Jill Abramson, www.theguardian.com. August 15, 2016.

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• If you outlaw guns, only outlaws will have guns. The first people who are going to be in line to turn in their guns are law-abiding citizens. Criminals are going to be left with guns. I believe that concealed carry is a way of reducing gun violence.

  Gary Johnson

  Believe, Gun, Law

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• Republicans are horrible with civil liberties, and not so good with dollars and cents. Democrats are horrible with dollars and cents, and not so good with civil liberties.

  Gary Johnson

  Liberty, Dollars, Republican

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• My next door neighbor's two dogs have created more shovel-ready jobs than this current administration.

  Gary Johnson

  Dog, Jobs, Doors

  YouTube Chanel "acdccult69"/ "Gary Johnson's Dog Comment at Fox/Google debate 9/22/11", www.youtube.com. September 22, 2011.

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• This country would be a better place to live in if all the resources we currently put toward criminalizing marijuana were instead spent by law enforcement on protection from real crime, as opposed to victimless crime.

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  Country, Real, Marijuana

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• As I told the students every time I visited a campus, you are the director of your own movie, and if you aren't enjoying what you are doing, change it.

  Gary Johnson

  Directors, Students, Campus

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• Immigration is a good thing. We should make that as easy as possible.

  Gary Johnson

  Immigration, Easy, Good Things

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• Life's a party. Invite yourself.

  Gary Johnson

  Life, Party, Life Is Like

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• Regardless of who wins, an election should be a time for optimism and fresh approaches.

  Gary Johnson

  Winning, Optimism, Election

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• Reform immigration to make it easy for individuals to come over here, be documented, pay taxes - immigration reform is needed to state that its about work, its not about welfare... Set up a grace period where they can get a work permit... social security card so that they can pay income tax, social security, Medicare.

  Gary Johnson

  Grace, Cards, Pay

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• 90% of the problem with marijuana is prohibition related, not use related.

  Gary Johnson

  Marijuana, Use, Politics

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• I don't smoke marijuana anymore. I don't drink. Marijuana is a handicap. So is alcohol. Alcohol is a terrible handicap. But in spite of being a handicap, it shouldn't be criminal.

  Gary Johnson

  Marijuana, Alcohol, Criminals

  "America's Most Dangerous Politician". Interview with Michael W. Lynch, reason.com. January 2001.

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• We're on the verge of a financial collapse unless we balance the budget, and that means some really, really tough decisions.

  Gary Johnson

  Mean, Decision, Balance

  "GOP Rivals Hit Obama on Foreign Policy Despite Bin Laden Killing, Hit Harder on Economy". www.foxnews.com. May 5, 2011.

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• Balance the federal budget now, not 15 years from now, not 20 years from now, but now. And throw out the entire federal tax system, replace it with a fair tax, a consumption tax, that by all measurements is just that. It's fair.

  Gary Johnson

  Years, Balance, Measurement

  "Transcript: Fox News-Google GOP Debate". www.foxnews.com. September 22, 2011.

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• I was on NPR's All Things Considered yesterday. The question was, 'You're on the torture rack, they're going to kill you, who are you going to vote for? Mitt Romney, or Barack Obama? I said, 'Look, I've climbed Mount Everest. I know how to do what it takes. Take this to the bank: I would rather die.'

  Gary Johnson

  Yesterday, Npr, Looks

  "Gary Johnson Just Gave the Best Speech of His Presidential Campaign" by Mike Riggs, reason.com. May 5, 2012.

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• We own the Federal Reserve. There is this misconception that the Federal Reserve is some private entity. But if I might give an analogy here, we - U.S. taxpayers - own all the stock in the Federal Reserve.

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  Giving, Analogies, Might

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• Let's end the unworkable marijuana prohibition and put our money where our mouth is. Let's solve the problems like border crime. We can do it with pot legalization.

  Gary Johnson

  Marijuana, Borders, Mouths

  "Yes, It Is time for Pot Legalization, Mr. President" by Gary Johnson, www.huffingtonpost.com. February 1, 2011.

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• How simple life is. We buy a fish. We are fed. We sit close to each other, we talk and then we go to bed.

  Gary Johnson

  Food, Simple, Cooking

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• Pot smokers may be the largest untapped voting bloc in the country. ... A hundred million Americans have smoked marijuana. You think they want to be considered criminals?

  Gary Johnson

  Country, Marijuana, Thinking

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• I'm asked, what about criminal prosecution of those on wall street? You know what, it's probably because none of them committed any crimes. They just made some incredibly bad decisions.

  Gary Johnson

  Wall, Decision, Criminals

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• Tonight was a great opportunity to take on the political status quo that has given us trillion dollar deficits and put millions out of work. Our objective was to inject some common sense into the conversation among Republicans at a time when business-as-usual simply won't work.

  Gary Johnson

  Opportunity, Common Sense, Political

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• I'm finding myself really angry over spending and the deficit. I'm finding myself really angry over what's happening in the Middle East, the decision to stay in Afghanistan indefinitely. I'm angry about cap and trade. And I've been on record for a long time on the failed war on drugs.

  Gary Johnson

  War, Long, Decision

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