You need to have people within your own party that have the wherewithal to stand up to you.
RAND PAUL[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.
More Rand Paul Quotes
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You can’t have it both ways. You can’t tell me that you’re taxed enough already, and that you want constitutional government and then in the next breath say, ‘Bring me home some bacon.’ The pig has been picked clean.
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The state doesn’t own your children. Parents own the children.
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There is nothing conservative about bailing out Wall Street. Likewise, there is nothing progressive about billion dollar loans to millionaires to build solar panels.
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I would introduce and support legislation to send Roe v. Wade back to the states.
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The only way to save Social Security is to raise the retirement age.
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[John] Bolton is so far out there, he`s advocating bombing everyone in the world.
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If you give up your rights now, don’t expect to get them back.
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I do believe people ought to be left alone. I don’t care who you are or what you do at home or who your friends are or where you hang out, what kind of music you listen to, what you do in your home is your own business. That’s always been who I am. I am a leave me alone kind of guy.
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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.
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We don’t need bigger government. We need to shrink the size of government.
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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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If someone has Ebola at a cocktail party they’re contagious and you can catch it from them.
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I’m not in favor of any discrimination of any form.
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The Republican promise is for policies that create economic growth. Republicans believe lower taxes, less regulation, balanced budgets, a solvent Social Security and Medicare will stimulate economic growth.
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I call myself a constitutional conservative.
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