Bob Barr Quotes

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• It's not a gun control problem; it's a cultural control problem.
• Despite two decisions, in 2008 and 2010, by the U.S. Supreme Court unequivocally affirming that the Second Amendment to the Constitution guarantees an individual right…
• In a single generation, the Internet has given to virtually every person on the face of the earth the ability to communicate with fellow human…
• Accepting federal funding undermines state sovereignty as states become beholden to federal requirements in order to keep the money flowing.
• Firearms manufacturers usually find themselves playing defense.
• It is high time for some congressional oversight backbone.
• Widespread use of online voting will create the potential for abuse that will make the problems inherent in e-voting pale in comparison.
• Taking privacy cues from the federal government is - to say the least - ironic, considering today's Orwellian level of surveillance. At virtually any given…
• There is no legitimate use whatsoever for marijuana. This is not medicine. This is bogus witchcraft. It has no place in medicine, no place in…
• It is not just software glitches and corrupted memory cards that should be on the minds of election officials. Hackers pose another very real problem…
• It is difficult, if not impossible, to argue that laws written in the 1970s are adequate for today's intelligence challenges.
• Chicago is known for good steaks, expensive stores and beautiful architecture. Unfortunately, the Windy City also enjoys a reputation for corrupt politics, violent crime, and…
• History has shown that Big Government expands quickest in the immediate aftermath of a crisis - real or manufactured.
• Looking down the road, space exploration and the benefits it yields - in medicine and information technology - should not be overlooked.
• On taking office, Obama promised the 'most transparent' administration in history; yet his record as president has been anything but transparent.
• People come up to me and tell me they support me because I never left my principles.
• The backlash against Big Government is an encouraging sign of a growing resistance to the mission creep of federal power.
• The Tea Party knows that continuing to delay charting a course to spending reform hurts everybody.
• The world is undoubtedly a safer, freer place because Thatcher - like Reagan - refused to back down when it came to defending freedom.
• Courts have long recognized the federal government's robust power to inspect people and goods entering the country. After all, the very foundation of national sovereignty…

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