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When more Americans prefer freebies to freedom, these great United States will become a fertile ground for tyranny.

Allen West

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Allen West
Age: 63
Born: 1961
Born: February 7
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As for everyone else, unless you have been shot at by the Taliban, shut your mouth, war is hell.
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I will take my hands off Medicare when there is no Medicare, then I will come and see you, sir.
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Nowadays, many Americans have forgotten the meaning and traditions of Memorial Day. At cemeteries across the country, the graves of the fallen are sadly ignored, and worse, neglected.
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Where is love exchanged? Where is the love felt when a state administrator stuffs a welfare check into an outgoing mail?
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A person like myself, born and raised in the inner city of Atlanta, Georgia, to lower-middle-class parents. But I had the opportunity to get an education, to go and earn a commission in the United States Army, to serve for 22 years, to lead men and women in combat.
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There's a dishonest tyranny in the liberal/progressive/socialist agenda that comes down and says 'we are here because we care about you we want what's best for you'. But really what they want is the control of your life.
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