[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.
RAND PAULIf 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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We all either work for rich people or we sell stuff to rich people, so just punishing rich people is as bad for the economy as punishing anyone. Let’s not punish anyone.
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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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I’m not in favor of any discrimination of any form.
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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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I don’t plan on being bashful.
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The Democrats promised equalizing outcomes through unlimited federal assistance while Republicans offered something that seemed less tangible – the promise of equalizing opportunity through free markets.
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We don’t need bigger government. We need to shrink the size of government.
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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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I’ve put pencil to paper… and I’ve said I would cut spending, and I’ve said exactly where. Each one of my budgets has taken a meat axe to foreign aid, because I think we ought to quit sending it to countries that hate us.
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I think women have come a long way. Women are in positions not because they’re women, they’re in positions because they’re intelligent and they should be equal to their counterparts and treated equally.
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Cut defense spending as part of cutting all federal spending.
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We should be proud that so many want to come to America, that it is still seen as the land of opportunity. Let’s make it a land of legal work, not black-market jobs. Let’s make it a land of work, not welfare. Our land should be one of assimilation, not hiding in the shadows.
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If you give up your rights now, don’t expect to get them back.
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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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[John] Bolton is so far out there, he`s advocating bombing everyone in the world.
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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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The power to tax and spend is restricted by the enumerated powers.
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We have to think before we act.
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We shouldn’t be fearful of freedom, we shouldn’t be fearful of individual liberty.
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You can not be a conservative if you’re going to keep promoting new programs that you’re not going to pay for.
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I call myself a constitutional conservative.
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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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My great grandfather, like many, came to this country in search of the American Dream.
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I would introduce and support legislation to send Roe v. Wade back to the states.
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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.
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I will not vote to send my sons, or your sons, daughters, brothers, sisters or friends to fight for a stalemate.
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