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When I retired out of the military, I registered myself as a Republican because my views and perspectives were more in line with that party.

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Allen West
Age: 63
Born: 1961
Born: February 7
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We believe in humility and integrity, the spirit of one people, bound together under God. We understand that the Constitution was written to control and regulate the government, not the people.
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I think that there is a changing wind. There are black conservatives out there, and their voices need to be heard.
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Our soldiers, sailors, airmen, Marines and Coast Guardsmen volunteer to protect and defend this country and all its citizens, and do so with honor, integrity and excellence. Our nation continually asks them to do more and more, with less and less.
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We are in a new Civil War, and just like the last, it is a struggle for the sanctity of the Union - and it's hardly civil.
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Liberals worry that what's best for the individual might not be better for the public at large. But that philosophy assumes something vicious about each and every one of us. It assumes we only care about ourselves.
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When more Americans prefer freebies to freedom, these great United States will become a fertile ground for tyranny.
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From 1971 onwards, the Memorial Day holiday was officially observed on the last Monday in May and became the unofficial start of the summer, with barbecues, blockbuster movie openings and mattress sales.
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Leadership is about being a servant first.
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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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This is what America is about when it comes to understanding that it is equal opportunity versus equal achievement. Each and every one of us has the opportunity for greatness in this country.
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If it's about the lives of my soldiers at stake, I'd go through hell with a gasoline can.
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Quite simply, federal laws already on the books aimed at stopping the flow of illegal immigration must be enforced. Furthermore, states must be given the resources necessary to confront the problem, which includes strengthening the border patrol.
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I do not believe having a baby is punishment.
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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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I'll give you a great example of an issue that no one brought up during this Florida primary, the fact that we're going to have a Chinese made oil rig put in place about 60 miles off the coast of Florida.
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So now is an opportunity for us to stand up and have a good, strong immigration policy to make sure that E- Verify becomes mandatory and we have got to train and properly equip our Border Patrol.
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I don't think there's anything divisive about me.
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There's nothing on this green earth that a liberal progressive fears more than a black American who wants a better life and a smaller government.
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This liberal progressive agenda... is the antithesis of who we are as a constitutional republic.
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I'm not going to sit at home and eat popcorn.
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