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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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