“If you have ever been robbed by a black teenage male, you know how unbelievably fleet-footed they can be.”

—  Ron Paul

1992
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Ron Paul Political Report, quoted in [1996-05-23, Newsletter excerpts offer ammunition to Paul's opponent, Alan, Bernstein, Houston Chronicle, A33, http://www.chron.com/CDA/archives/archive.mpl/1996_1343749/campaign-96-u-s-house-newsletter-excerpts-offer-am.html] and * 2011-12-24
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http://abcnews.go.com/blogs/politics/2011/12/newt-gingrich-presses-ron-paul-to-explain-racist-newsletters/
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