The great and abiding lesson of American history, particularly the Cold War, is that the engine of capitalism – the individual – is mightier than any collective.
RAND PAULThe Constitution was not written to restrain the citizen’s behavior, it was written to restrain the government’s behavior.
More Rand Paul Quotes
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You can be strong without being involved in every single civil war around the world.
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The Republican Party is an empty vessel unless we imbue it with values.
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No president has the right to say he is judge, jury and executioner.
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If our freedom is taken, the American dream will wither and die.
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I never, ever cheated [in medical school]. I don’t condone cheating. But I would sometimes spread misinformation. This is a great tactic. Misinformation can be very important.
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Fear & complacency allow power to accumulate & liberty & privacy to suffer.
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[Marco] Rubio says we should collect all Americans’ records all of the time. The Constitution says otherwise. I think they’re both wrong. I think we defeat terrorism by showing them that we do not fear them.
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My great grandfather, like many, came to this country in search of the American Dream.
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Congress shall pass no law that exempts themselves!
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The power to tax and spend is restricted by the enumerated powers.
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Let 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.
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I 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.
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You can’t have it both ways. You can’t tell me that you’re taxed enough already, and that you want constitutional government and then in the next breath say, ‘Bring me home some bacon.’ The pig has been picked clean.
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Let’s means-test benefits – let’s means-test Social Security and Medicare and make the rich pay more for these benefits.
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Using taxes to punish the rich, in reality, punishes everyone because we are all interconnected. High taxes and excessive regulation and massive debt are not working.
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