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Ron Paul: War is the health of the state. Anybody who wants small government, conservatives and the constitutionalist…

On the recordJanuary 2, 2011
War is the health of the state. Anybody who wants small government, conservatives and the constitutionalist, libertarians -- if they want small government, they have to understand that war is the health of the state.
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Ron Paul

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Ron Paul argues that war justifies government expansion, which contradicts the principles of small government.

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