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I'm a conservative because I believe in peace - real peace, not just the peace of mind. I'm a conservative because we understand that real peace comes from the Marine Corps, not the Peace Corps.

Allen West

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Allen West
Age: 63
Born: 1961
Born: February 7
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Are we witnessing an Obama 'Wag the Dog' moment with Boko Haram in Nigeria? I say yes.
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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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When you talk about raising that debt limit, the only way that I would ever support raising the debt limit if we also talk about budgetary controls on the federal government, capping its spending, how do we deal with the Social Security, Medicare and Medicaid problems, because they cannot continue to run on auto-pilot.
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I don't think there's anything divisive about me.
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This liberal progressive agenda... is the antithesis of who we are as a constitutional republic.
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I spent 22 years in the United States military, so I'm a pretty strategic level thinker.
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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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Well, I think we need to have attrition by enforcement. We need to secure our borders. We need to enforce our laws.
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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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Of course we have compassion. We just don't believe the safety net should be used as a hammock.
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I think we have to understand that when tolerance becomes a one-way street, it will lead to cultural suicide. We should not allow the Muslim Brotherhood or associated groups to be influencing our national security strategy.
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We must never forget why we have, and why we need our military. Our armed forces exist solely to ensure our nation is safe, so that each and every one of us can sleep soundly at night, knowing we have 'guardians at the gate.'
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Today’s endorsement by President Barack Obama of the creation of a Hamas-led Palestinian state based on the pre-1967 borders, signals the most egregious foreign policy decision his administration has made to date...
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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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I think that Governor Romney operates on the capital gains tax, his investments, what he lives off of instead of doing it off of his income.
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As Conservatives, We Don't Care About The Color of Your Skin, We Care About The Color of Our Flag
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One of the critical issues that we have to confront is illegal immigration, because this is a multi-headed Hydra that affects our economy, our health care, our health care, our education systems, our national security, and also our local criminality.
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While there are towns and cities still planning Memorial Day parades, many have not held a parade in decades. Some think the day is for honoring anyone who has died, not just those fallen in service to our country.
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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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The future does not belong to those who attack our Embassies and Consulates and kill our Ambassadors. The Angel of Death in the form of an American Bald Eagle will visit you and wreak havoc and destruction upon your existence.
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