“I happen to think libertarian kind of encompasses hearts and brains both. And that's what we all are about.”

— Gary Johnson

2016, Interview with CNBC's John Harwood (August 22, 2016)
Context: I've been a self-declared Libertarian since 1971. What was the old saying? That if you weren't a Democrat in college, you didn't have a heart. And if you weren't a Republican in later life, you didn't have a brain. Well, I happen to think libertarian kind of encompasses hearts and brains both. And that's what we all are about.

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