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On the recordSeptember 12, 2011
As long as this country follows that idea, we're going to be under a lot of -- a lot of danger. This whole idea that the whole Muslim world is responsible for this and they're attacking us because we're free and prosperous, that is just not true.
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Ron Paul

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Ron Paul argues against the notion that the Muslim world is attacking America due to its freedoms.

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