The power to tax and spend is restricted by the enumerated powers.
RAND PAULThe power to tax and spend is restricted by the enumerated powers.
RAND PAULYou can send a clear message to the establishment.
RAND PAULIn the aftermath of 9/11, the Patriot Act was rushed to the floor. Several hundred pages. Nobody read it … But people voted because they were fearful and people said there could be another attack and Americans will blame me if I don’t vote on this.
RAND PAULI don’t care if you’re a Republican or a Democrat, there is something profoundly un-American about using the brute force of government to bully someone.
RAND PAULIf I were to look at foreign policy, I would say John McCain has been wrong on just about everything over the last four decades.
RAND PAULI think we need to treat everybody with dignity.
RAND PAULUnless you really stand for something, people aren’t motivated to go out and vote for you.
RAND PAULThe state doesn’t own your children. Parents own the children.
RAND PAULIf you give up your rights now, don’t expect to get them back.
RAND PAULYou can not be a conservative if you’re going to keep promoting new programs that you’re not going to pay for.
RAND PAULDuring the Great Depression African Americans understood that Republicans championed citizenship and voting rights, but they became impatient for economic emancipation.
RAND PAULLet me be clear: I support the Civil Rights Act because I overwhelmingly agree with the intent of the legislation, which was to stop discrimination in the public sphere and halt the abhorrent practice of segregation and Jim Crow laws.
RAND PAULBipartisanship is not what is missing in Washington. Common sense is.
RAND PAULNo president has the right to say he is judge, jury and executioner.
RAND PAULIf someone has Ebola at a cocktail party they’re contagious and you can catch it from them.
RAND PAULI think women have come a long way. Women are in positions not because they’re women, they’re in positions because they’re intelligent and they should be equal to their counterparts and treated equally.
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