Wednesday, October 31, 2018

Think really hard about how you wish others were. Their manners, their attitude, their character. Imagine that, and make that the example you set for others. #advice #amliberty


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October 31, 2018 at 05:50PM
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You can tax more and when you can’t, print more money but you can’t print doctors, teachers or food. You can easily distort and destroy the incentives for people create more of these things. Prosperity emerges from freedom and reciprocity, not from design. #amliberty https://t.co/M5gJjl1XJh


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October 31, 2018 at 06:07AM
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Tuesday, October 30, 2018

No President, dictator or tyrant can make your individual rights void at the stroke of a pen. They can merely attempt to scare you from exercising them by paying people with guns money they took from you to scare you and possibly cage you. Don’t let fear win. #amliberty #resist


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No President, dictator or tyrant can make your individual rights void at the stroke of a pen. They can merely attempt to scare you from exercising them by paying people with guns money they took from you to scare you and possibly cage you. Don’t let fear win. #amliberty #resist


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October 30, 2018 at 06:44PM
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Read some of my thoughts on how to reach a sustainable liberty here: https://t.co/sG7nYZaJPU #amliberty


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October 30, 2018 at 09:15AM
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Published: So when are you a Libertarian?

I published So when are you a Libertarian? on Medium.

Published: So when are you a Libertarian?

I published So when are you a Libertarian? on Medium.

Monday, October 29, 2018

Being Libertarian is being ok with people making mistakes and being humble enough to realize you may not always know what is a mistake. #amliberty https://t.co/U6whS611yH


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October 29, 2018 at 11:36PM
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Markets are empowering, when you have access to them. The Inequities and what feels like economic injustice is not because of markets, it’s because so many didn’t have access to them for so long. Limited market access is what created inequality, open up access. #amliberty https://t.co/Aw7riiMABt


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October 29, 2018 at 07:29PM
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Sunday, October 28, 2018

Published: Regarding the elections in Brazil

I published Regarding the elections in Brazil on Medium.

Published: Regarding the elections in Brazil

I published Regarding the elections in Brazil on Medium.

When an addict quits drugs they go through great short term pain for worthwhile long term gains. Voting against two party corruption is the same, if you don’t start the process in fear of short run pain you never get the long run benefits. #amliberty https://t.co/80ge5q32To


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October 28, 2018 at 08:58PM
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Free Markets are not about corporate control, it’s about consumer control. Consumers choose who they give power too, and if no good choices exist they are able to become a producer and offer an alternative to their fellow consumers. This is how we grow together. #amliberty https://t.co/0SOlHrLM10


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October 28, 2018 at 06:56PM
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Improving the world isn’t about fault or punishment but reflecting on what actions we can take to contribute to the things we want and which actions contribute to what we don’t want that we should stop. Focusing on blame/punishment distracts from solutions. #amliberty https://t.co/vrOZcm7wEk


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October 28, 2018 at 12:20PM
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Saturday, October 27, 2018

To be a true lover of freedom one must develop a deep tolerance and even enthusiasm for what is possible in the certainty of uncertainty. #amliberty https://t.co/P29hpHO3MG


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October 27, 2018 at 04:23PM
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The world evolves by the example we set. If we set an example of violence, hate and intolerance then that’s what will spread. I want a world of peace, love and tolerance and that is the example I aim to set and win by. #amliberty


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October 27, 2018 at 12:34PM
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Not having the wealth, income, goods or services you’d like doesn’t mean you aren’t free. If barriers are placed in your way to work towards things you want like taxes, regulations and licensing making you stuck where you are, THEN you may be limited in your freedom. #amliberty


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October 27, 2018 at 12:11PM
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Friday, October 26, 2018

#amliberty


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I aim to promote love. Although, Tolerance isn’t love but the ability to coexist. People deeply undervalue the worth of coexistence in today’s world. I promote love, but tolerance is a win/win for everyone. #amliberty #libertarian


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October 26, 2018 at 06:38PM
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As a #Libertarian I am for open access, making sure people of any socioeconomic status has as few artificial barriers as possible to providing, consuming and seeking the best healthcare, education and more possible. #amliberty https://t.co/DVc7mvlU50


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October 26, 2018 at 06:19PM
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Many people talk about people having equal access to things like healthcare and education. I don’t want equal, I want people to seek the best they can get. I do want open access to goods and services like health and education with as little barriers as possible. #amliberty https://t.co/1UhMbxTZD3


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October 26, 2018 at 06:13PM
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People have given up hope of their elected officials doing good, and instead vote on the promise of who will do less harm. As long as you allow the system to make that your choice, that’s the choice it will present you. #amliberty https://t.co/Z5WfM9YAMt


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October 26, 2018 at 12:59PM
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Wednesday, October 24, 2018

A better world will never be created by violence. Despite our differences we should always aim for civil discourse in hopes of helping each other to evolve based on ideas. I condemn those who today attempted to use violence to cut that discussion short. #amliberty


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October 24, 2018 at 07:19PM
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Tuesday, October 23, 2018

Metaphors Can Change the World - Read Here: https://t.co/ekT27OltAK #amliberty


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October 23, 2018 at 08:53AM
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Published: Metaphors play a large role in how we view problems and solutions.

I published Metaphors play a large role in how we view problems and solutions. on Medium.

Published: Metaphors play a large role in how we view problems and solutions.

I published Metaphors play a large role in how we view problems and solutions. on Medium.

The most important tools you have for changing how people think and behave are metaphors and your example. Metaphors often internally control how we interpret the world around us, and people emulate those they respect, admire and even envy. #advice #amliberty


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October 23, 2018 at 08:11AM
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Monday, October 22, 2018

#amliberty


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I want a world where we exchange ideas, goods and services freely with each other. Where we relish in the relationships we develop with each other more and judge the relationship and lives of others less. Where knowledge accumulates rapidly from our choices. Freedom. #amliberty


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October 22, 2018 at 09:37PM
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Re: Voting Libertarian The odds may be high, but if things go my way, even a little, at least there will be genuine substantive change versus merely a change in tone, rhetoric and in whose cronies get political favors. #amliberty


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October 22, 2018 at 08:54AM
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Sunday, October 21, 2018

‪To the extent anyone promotes non-violence, voluntarism and peace in our everyday interactions, they are my ally. To the extent they promote violence, war and theft they will find in me a loud antagonist. Why, because I’m a Libertarian. #amliberty.‬


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To the extent anyone promotes non-violence, voluntarism and peace in our everyday interactions, they are my ally. To the extent they promote violence, war and theft they will find in me a loud antagonist. Why, because I’m a Libertarian. #amliberty.


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October 21, 2018 at 03:50PM
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‪Regime change, prohibition, and closed trade are policies that have and continue to contribute to hostilities between nations and on borders. We ignore fixing these policies at our own peril. #PeaceTradeTravel #AmLiberty‬


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Regime change, prohibition, and closed trade are policies that have and continue to contribute to hostilities between nations and on borders. We ignore fixing these policies at our own peril. #PeaceTradeTravel #AmLiberty


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October 21, 2018 at 12:36PM
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Most people believe people just behave the way they behave so they must be controlled and punished when out of line. Libertarians understand people respond to incentives and expectations. Market incentives and expecting self-responsibility makes us better. #amliberty #Libertarian


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October 21, 2018 at 08:40AM
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Saturday, October 20, 2018

Published: This episode of Vox’s “Future Perfect” is a must listen!

I published This episode of Vox’s “Future Perfect” is a must listen! on Medium.

This episode of Vox’s “Future Perfect” shows in the context of prisons what libertarians have been trying to say. Build a world of control where people are expected to not control themselves, they won’t and vice versa. #amliberty https://t.co/l1cFEX6E6a


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October 20, 2018 at 09:10PM
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Published: This episode of Vox’s “Future Perfect” is a must listen!

I published This episode of Vox’s “Future Perfect” is a must listen! on Medium.

Pet Peeve: Being told that Because I’m libertarian I must be an old white guy (I’m a sorta young #Latino guy). Libertarians in and out of the LP are diverse, but that shouldn’t even matter. Who and how many people believe a good idea doesn’t make it more or less good. #amliberty


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October 20, 2018 at 11:52AM
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Friday, October 19, 2018

Libertarian political action is about moving the conversations regarding solutions of societies challenges away from compulsory means to voluntary means. #amliberty


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October 19, 2018 at 12:23PM
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Published: Libertarians are not against public goods… they question whether centralized monopolistic…

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Libertarians are not against public goods... they question whether centralized monopolistic government is the best institution to provide it and whether taxation is an ethical or effective way of funding it. Libertarians are not against regulations... they question whether centralized monopolistic government is the best institution that can create fair rules that are fairly enforced and whether it’s able to respond quickly when it gets things wrong. Libertarians aren’t against assisting those who aren’t well off... but questions whether centralized monopolistic government can do so efficiently and effectively and whether the level of taxation needed to fund inefficiency is ethical and creates more poor people in the process. #amliberty A decentralized competitive market of voluntary institutions such as enterprise, charity and community can provide public goods, Regulations and Welfare. While each institution may provide only a small piece in aggregate, the quantity will be greater and quicker to respond when something works or doesn’t. Libertarians aren’t just about what people should have but how it shouldn’t be provided (without the inefficiency of involuntarism).


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What Libertarians Aren’t! - Read Here: https://t.co/qLQjTBWzoQ #amliberty


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October 19, 2018 at 09:10AM
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Thursday, October 18, 2018

#amliberty


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Libertarianism isn’t complicated, we just believe Consent truly matters as a principle not as political political rhetoric to attain power. #amliberty


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Libertarianism just tells us the absolute minimum we should explicitly expect from each other which is just the expectation of non-aggression. Libertarianism places no limits on the beauty or ugliness we can create within the bounds of voluntarism. #amliberty #createbeauty


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October 18, 2018 at 06:39PM
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Libertarianism isn’t complicated, we just believe Consent truly matters as a principle not as political political rhetoric to attain power. #amliberty


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October 18, 2018 at 04:42PM
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Life is too short to hold grudges, allies are too few to believe no one is beyond forgiveness or redemption. Spend less time obsessed with those who drive you mad and more with those who make you glad. #advice #amliberty


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October 18, 2018 at 08:24AM
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Tuesday, October 16, 2018

Libertarianism isn’t the progressive mission of constant reformation to rearrange power nor is it conservatism’s push to preserve traditional institutional power. Libertarianism wants to enable every individual to determine their own power through voluntary means. #amliberty


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Libertarianism isn’t the progressive mission of constant reformation to rearrange power nor is it conservatism’s push to preserve traditional institutional power. Libertarianism wants to enable every individual to determine their own power through voluntary means. #amliberty


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October 16, 2018 at 08:50PM
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When centralized institutions overstep like government, central banks and many social networks recently have I focus less on condemnation but exaltation of decentralized solutions in this case social networks like Mastodon and private money like crypto. #AmLiberty


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Monday, October 15, 2018

When centralized institutions overstep like government, central banks and many social networks recently have I focus less on condemnation but exaltation of decentralized solutions in this case social networks like Mastodon and private money like crypto. #AmLiberty #BitBlockCrypt


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October 15, 2018 at 11:53PM
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Changing the political conversation is a balancing act between expressing an understanding and empathy with the average sensibilities and struggles of people while also breaking convention enough to open up the conversation to voices often not represented. #amliberty


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Changing the political conversation is a balancing act between expressing an understanding and empathy with the average sensibilities and struggles of people while also breaking convention enough to open up the conversation to voices often not represented. #amliberty


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October 15, 2018 at 10:44PM
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Sunday, October 14, 2018

A reminder that the constitution was meant to define the maximum role for government not the minimum. Just because it’s authorized by the constitution doesn’t mean it SHOULD be handled by government. #AMliberty


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A reminder that the constitution was meant to define the maximum role for government not the minimum. Just because it’s authorized by the constitution doesn’t mean it SHOULD be handled by government. #AMliberty


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October 15, 2018 at 01:13AM
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#amliberty


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If phases like “Emergent Order”, “Creative Destruction” and “Anti-fragility” make you excited for individual freedom and human action, you just may be a Libertarian. #amliberty


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October 14, 2018 at 06:18PM
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Governments encourage you to do things by punishing you for not doing them. Markets encourage you by rewarding you (think insurance discounts for taking preventative actions). The former just doubles down if it doesn’t work the latter innovates. I know which I prefer. #amliberty


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October 14, 2018 at 11:01AM
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Wednesday, October 10, 2018

Why do Libertarians care so much about monetary policy? Half of every transaction is money. Don’t you think there may be power/wealth imbalances created by only a few deciding the who, what, where, when of monetary mediums? #amliberty #Libertarian #Crypto #monetarypolicy


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October 10, 2018 at 09:06PM
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Sunday, October 7, 2018

Be #Libertarian #amliberty


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Pet Peeve: When other parties tell us to drop out to give them a better chance. We obviously don’t find them to be an acceptable option if we have a separate party and candidate. We are running for our agenda and values, not to defeat a particular party. #Libertarian #amliberty


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October 07, 2018 at 11:53AM
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Friday, October 5, 2018

Property rights are to help facilitate sharing and cooperation among each other. Without property rights to make clear when mine ends and yours begins we’d devolve into violence and chaos in treating what’s ours as mine or yours. #amliberty


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October 05, 2018 at 08:52PM
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Being libertarian doesn’t mean hating progressives and it doesn’t mean hating conservatives. It means loving individuals and their rights enough to not force them to be like you. #amliberty


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October 05, 2018 at 11:59AM
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Reversing the inertia that has persisted of giving up more and more liberty is difficult, frustrating and slow, but that doesn’t change that it’s the right thing to work towards. The effort is worth it. #amliberty


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October 05, 2018 at 10:47AM
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Thursday, October 4, 2018

If someone has more liberty than others under current rules I don’t aim to take it away for the sake of equality. For the sake of liberty I’ll aim to extend that same liberty to all. #amliberty https://t.co/qtVFOsE48f


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October 04, 2018 at 02:48PM
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I don’t want equality under the law if it just means equality of injustice under that law. I want maximization of Liberty which I believe will result in more justice for more people more of the time. Equality doesn’t mean quality. #amliberty


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I don’t want equality under the law if it just means equality of injustice under that law. I want maximization of Liberty which I believe will result in more justice for more people more of the time. Equality doesn’t mean quality. #amliberty


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October 04, 2018 at 09:46AM
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Wednesday, October 3, 2018

Truly loving someone means respecting their liberty and being reciprocated. #amliberty


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October 03, 2018 at 09:42PM
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How free a society is can be seen by how free their markets are. Free markets are just the manifestation of the level of mutual and voluntary behavior individuals empower themselves to undertake. #amliberty


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October 03, 2018 at 09:25PM
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Peace isn’t about everyone loving each other. It’s about tolerating each other enough to coexist. Although to hold a peaceful society together some must volunteer to embrace and promote love of one another in hope that we at least get tolerance. I volunteer. #amliberty https://t.co/tZ9DowkTJM


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October 03, 2018 at 07:12PM
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Tuesday, October 2, 2018

A free world requires many to have a willingness to be vulnerable and open to uncertainty. Tolerance and forgiveness help foster the comfort with uncertainty and willingness to accept mistakes needed for a free world. #amliberty


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A free world requires many to have a willingness to be vulnerable and open to uncertainty. Tolerance and forgiveness help foster the comfort with uncertainty and willingness to accept mistakes needed for a free world. #amliberty


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October 02, 2018 at 11:22PM
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Monday, October 1, 2018

Leadership isn’t about doing everything for others or bossing them to do what you want. Leadership is about setting an example of what others can aspire to be. Being a better you so they want to be a better them. #advice #AmLiberty


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October 01, 2018 at 11:17PM
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