"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."
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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."
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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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