The Republican Party is an empty vessel unless we imbue it with values.
RAND PAULWe all either work for rich people or we sell stuff to rich people, so just punishing rich people is as bad for the economy as punishing anyone. Let’s not punish anyone.
More Rand Paul Quotes
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The only way to save Social Security is to raise the retirement age.
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How much liberty do with want to give up for a false sense of security?
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The Constitution was not written to restrain the citizen’s behavior, it was written to restrain the government’s behavior.
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The Founders never intended for Americans to trust their government. Our entire Constitution was predicated on the notion that government was a necessary evil, to be restrained and minimized as much as possible.
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My great grandfather, like many, came to this country in search of the American Dream.
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There comes a time, there comes a time in the history of nations when fear and complacency allow power to accumulate and liberty and privacy to suffer. That time is now and I will not let the Patriot Act, the most unpatriotic of acts go unchallenged.
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All issues of crime are better addressed at the state level.
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No president has the right to say he is judge, jury and executioner.
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Toppling secular dictators in the Middle East has only led to chaos and the rise of radical Islam.
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If our freedom is taken, the American dream will wither and die.
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America’s not the world’s policeman. Terrible things happen across the globe and it is beyond our means to right every wrong. But when, with modest effort and risk, we can stop children from being gassed to death and thereby make our own children safer over the long run, I believe we should act.
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We must always embrace individual liberty and enforce the constitutional rights of all Americans-rich and poor, immigrant and native, black and white.
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The Democrats promised equalizing outcomes through unlimited federal assistance while Republicans offered something that seemed less tangible – the promise of equalizing opportunity through free markets.
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We shouldn’t be fearful of freedom, we shouldn’t be fearful of individual liberty.
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If someone has Ebola at a cocktail party they’re contagious and you can catch it from them.
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I say the phone records of law abiding citizens are none of their damn business!
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Congress shall pass no law that exempts themselves!
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We don’t need bigger government. We need to shrink the size of government.
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You can be strong without being involved in every single civil war around the world.
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We should be proud that so many want to come to America, that it is still seen as the land of opportunity. Let’s make it a land of legal work, not black-market jobs. Let’s make it a land of work, not welfare. Our land should be one of assimilation, not hiding in the shadows.
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I don’t want to live in a nanny state where people are telling me where I can go and what I can do.
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I call myself a constitutional conservative.
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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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If I have a weakness, it’s that I try to live by the rules. I try to live by the rules, no matter what they are, and I was brought up that way as a kid. Play by the rules.
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No Republican questions or disputes civil rights. I have never wavered in my support for civil rights or the civil rights act.
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Cut defense spending as part of cutting all federal spending.
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