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.
RAND PAULYou know, when Republicans were in charge, we doubled the debt. But, now, our concern is the Democrats are in charge and they’re tripling the debt. So, really, our concern is that we want smaller government.
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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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[John] Bolton is so far out there, he`s advocating bombing everyone in the world.
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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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We have to think before we act.
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I’ve heard of many tragic cases of walking, talking normal children who wound up with profound mental disorders after vaccines.
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Unless you really stand for something, people aren’t motivated to go out and vote for you.
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For liberty to expand, government must shrink. For the economy to grow, government must get out of the way.
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The history of African-American repression in this country rose from government-sanctioned racism. Jim Crow laws were a product of bigoted state and local governments.
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If you give up your rights now, don’t expect to get them back.
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The fundamental reason why Medicare is failing is why the Soviet Union failed – socialism doesn’t work.
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I would introduce and support legislation to send Roe v. Wade back to the states.
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You need to have people within your own party that have the wherewithal to stand up to you.
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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 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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If I were to look at foreign policy, I would say John McCain has been wrong on just about everything over the last four decades.
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