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The most basic principle to being a free american is the notion that we as individuals are responsible for our own lives and decisions. we do not have the right to rob our neighbors to make up for our mistakes, neither does our neighbor have any right to tell us how to live, so long as we aren’t infringing on their rights. freedom to make bad decisions is inherent in the freedom to make good ones. if we are only free to make good decisions, we are not really free.
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Ron Paul
The most basic principle to being a free american is the notion that we as individuals are responsible for our own lives and decisions. we do not have the right to rob our neighbors to make up for our mistakes, neither does our neighbor have any right to tell us how to live, so long as we aren’t infringing on their rights. freedom to make bad decisions is inherent in the freedom to make good ones. if we are only free to make good decisions, we are not really free.
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