Inherent to socialism is the absence of choice. If I want to choose my own pretzels or books or iphones, they prevent me – they fine me, or imprison me. And those systems, not infrequently have historically, have developed into systems where there are programs.
RAND PAULI am running for president to return our country to the principles of liberty and limited government.
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I think we need to treat everybody with dignity.
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The only way to save Social Security is to raise the retirement age.
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If you give up your rights now, don’t expect to get them back.
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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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I don’t plan on being bashful.
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You 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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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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We don’t need bigger government. We need to shrink the size of government.
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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 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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The Republican Party is an empty vessel unless we imbue it with values.
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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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[John] Bolton is so far out there, he`s advocating bombing everyone in the world.
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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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All issues of crime are better addressed at the state level.
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