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There is a simple maxim that I use to express this situation, 'when tolerance becomes a one way street, it leads to cultural suicide.'

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Allen West
Age: 63
Born: 1961
Born: February 7
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It would be nice if Patrick Murphy was half as upset about Democrats removing God and Jerusalem from their platform, or booing when they were added back in, as he is pretending to be about our new tv ad which simply points out what happened.
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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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Are we witnessing an Obama 'Wag the Dog' moment with Boko Haram in Nigeria? I say yes.
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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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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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I believe there's about 78 to 81 members of the Democrat Party who are members of the Communist Party.
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For far too long we've allowed the other side to paint us as racist, as sexist, inhumane war mongers - well, today as a conservative black Republican and former soldier, I'm here to set that record straight.
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Indeed, there are Islamic terrorist training camps in America
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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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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 support transitioning from the progressive tax to a flat tax system - both individual and corporate/business.
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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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You have an imperial presidency that makes Richard Nixon look like a boy scout.
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The great thing that I appreciate - the fact that my godfather, William 'Sticky' Jackson, was a Tuskegee Airman because my father was first born in Ozark, Alabama. The sacrifices and the commitment of those men made it possible for myself and many others.
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