I don’t care if you’re a Republican or a Democrat, there is something profoundly un-American about using the brute force of government to bully someone.
RAND PAULUnless you really stand for something, people aren’t motivated to go out and vote for you.
More Rand Paul Quotes
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Bipartisanship is not what is missing in Washington. Common sense is.
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The only way to save Social Security is to raise the retirement age.
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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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We shouldn’t be fearful of freedom, we shouldn’t be fearful of individual liberty.
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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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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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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.
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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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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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If you give up your rights now, don’t expect to get them back.
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It’s curious that only in Washington can you spend $2 billion and claim that you’re saving money.
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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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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 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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I read all of Ayn Rand’s novels when I was 17.
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I call myself a constitutional conservative.
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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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If you’re white and you’re rich in the USA, if you get busted for drugs, you get a good attorney, and you in all likelihood serve no time. But if you’re poor, black, Hispanic, or poor and white for that matter, you can get put in jail.
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Congress shall pass no law that exempts themselves!
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I’m not in favor of any discrimination of any form.
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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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You can send a clear message to the establishment.
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We should not have drug laws or a court system that disproportionately punishes the black community.
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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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I’m not someone who’s sort of still trying to figure out what I believe in.
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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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