In 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.
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More Rand Paul Quotes
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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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I say the phone records of law abiding citizens are none of their damn business!
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If you give up your rights now, don’t expect to get them back.
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During the Great Depression African Americans understood that Republicans championed citizenship and voting rights, but they became impatient for economic emancipation.
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You can be strong without being involved in every single civil war around the world.
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The state doesn’t own your children. Parents own the children.
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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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If you think you have the right to health care, you are saying basically that I am your slave. I provide health care… My staff and technicians provide it… If you have a right to health care, then you have a right to their labor.
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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.
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It is impossible for African-Americans not to feel like their government is particularly targeting them.
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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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Congress shall pass no law that exempts themselves!
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All issues of crime are better addressed at the state level.
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You can send a clear message to the establishment.
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I’m not someone who’s sort of still trying to figure out what I believe in.
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