Bob Barr quotes

It's not a gun control problem; it's a cultural control problem. (Bob Barr)
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 some of the strictest gun control laws anywhere in the country. View quote
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Looking down the road, space exploration and the benefits it yields - in medicine and information technology - should not be overlooked. View quote
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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 pain relief... View quote
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History has shown that Big Government expands quickest in the immediate aftermath of a crisis - real or manufactured. View quote
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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 to keep and bear arms against infringement by the government, state legislatures continue to do just that - enact laws that significantly infringe this fundamental human right. View quote
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The backlash against Big Government is an encouraging sign of a growing resistance to the mission creep of federal power. View quote
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The Tea Party knows that continuing to delay charting a course to spending reform hurts everybody. View quote
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For far too long the American public and business sector have kept their silence as civil liberties have been whittled away by statutory and regulatory measures. View quote
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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 beings on virtually any topic, at any time, and in every nook and cranny on the globe. This magnificent invention has done this without succumbing to government control. View quote
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Nobody is denying we should investigate and do what we can to prevent gun crime in our cities and towns. But, we should not scapegoat the American gun owner for complicated, cultural problems we are just beginning to understand. (Bob Barr)
The seemingly omnipresent storm clouds hanging over the Constitution often make it hard to find a silver lining. Every day, the front page of The Drudge Report is littered with stories of government assaults on our civil liberties - from local government officials all the way up to the Oval Office. View quote
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It is high time for some congressional oversight backbone. View quote
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For decades, parents were told by so-called parenting 'experts' that offspring would be best raised on the belief each is special and entitled to all life has to offer. View quote
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The world is undoubtedly a safer, freer place because Thatcher - like Reagan - refused to back down when it came to defending freedom. View quote
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People come up to me and tell me they support me because I never left my principles. View quote
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Accepting federal funding undermines state sovereignty as states become beholden to federal requirements in order to keep the money flowing. View quote
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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 whereby an election could be tilted towards a favored candidate. View quote
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Firearms manufacturers usually find themselves playing defense. View quote
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Widespread use of online voting will create the potential for abuse that will make the problems inherent in e-voting pale in comparison. View quote
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Going to war against Iran - whether one calls such a move 'surgical' or 'total' - would be an extremely serious undertaking; with worldwide economic, military, diplomatic and human ramifications in both the short- and the long-term. (Bob Barr)
Iran is not a make-believe country. It is a real country populated by some 75 million people - real people; including, I daresay, a majority who are philosophically and by education inclined toward the modern, secular world, and particularly American values. View quote
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MoveOn loves government. It remains enamored of government spending as fuel for its liberal agenda; and anything that threatens to close that spigot in any degree is perceived as a dire threat - worthy of Chicken-Little warnings that the sky is going to fall. View quote
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People and organizations other than doctors increasingly are assuming power to decide which medications to prescribe or procedures to undertake. More and more, decisions about personal healthcare are no longer made by the treating physicians in consultation with their patients, and based on the doctors' expertise. View quote
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Unfortunately, most gun control advocates are not really interested in rational debate, and their political games simply send Alice chasing white rabbits down holes. View quote
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