The U.S. should never get involved where we have no clear national interest. We should not intervene militarily in a country like Syria, where we can’t separate friend from foe and might end up arming the very people who hate us the most.
RAND PAULI read all of Ayn Rand’s novels when I was 17.
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In a free society we will tolerate boorish people, who have abhorrent behavior, but if we’re civilized people we publicly criticize that and don’t belong to those groups or associate with those people.
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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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Toppling secular dictators in the Middle East has only led to chaos and the rise of radical Islam.
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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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The Republican Party is an empty vessel unless we imbue it with values.
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We have to think before we act.
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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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You need to have people within your own party that have the wherewithal to stand up to you.
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If congress refuses to obey its own rules. If congress refuses to pass a balanced budget. If congress refuses to read the Bills. Then I say, sweep the place clean, limit their terms, and send them HOME!
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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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You can send a clear message to the establishment.
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You know, you look at term limits, you poll term limits, 70, 80 percent of Republicans or Democrats are for it.
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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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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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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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