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Clint Eastwood -- Libertarian

One of the world's biggest and most respected film stars and directors, Clint Eastwood's many blockbuster films include A Fistful of Dollars (1964), Dirty Harry (1971), Any Which Way You Can (1980), In the Line of Fire (1993), "The Bridges of Madison County" (1995), and Absolute Power (1997).

His 1992 Western Unforgiven earned him Oscars for Best Picture and Best Director.

He was mayor of Carmel, California, from 1986-1988.

Quotable

Eastwood: "Libertarian... Everyone leaves everyone else alone." -- Playboy Interview, March 1997.

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Eastwood on Government (from Parade Magazine, January 12, 1997)

"Abuse of power isn't limited to bad guys in other nations. It happens in our own country if we're not vigilant.

"At Waco, was there really an urgency to get those people out of the compound at that particular time? Was the press going to make it look heroic for the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, and Firearms? At Ruby Ridge, there was one guy in a cabin at the top of the mountain. Was it necessary for federal agents to go up there and shoot a 14-year-old in the back and shoot a woman with a child in her arms? What kind of mentality does that?

"Those in power get jaded, deluded, and seduced by power itself. The hunger for absolute power and, more to the point, the abuse of power, are part of human nature."