Let me be clear: I support the Civil Rights Act because I overwhelmingly agree with the intent of the legislation, which was to stop discrimination in the public sphere and halt the abhorrent practice of segregation and Jim Crow laws.
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!
More Rand Paul Quotes
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Are you so afraid that you are willing to trade your freedom for security?
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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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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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I think we need to treat everybody with dignity.
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How much liberty do with want to give up for a false sense of security?
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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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It’s curious that only in Washington can you spend $2 billion and claim that you’re saving money.
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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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And when the time is right, I hope that African Americans will again look to the party of emancipation, civil liberty, and individual freedom.
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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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We must always embrace individual liberty and enforce the constitutional rights of all Americans-rich and poor, immigrant and native, black and white.
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It is impossible for African-Americans not to feel like their government is particularly targeting them.
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I say the phone records of law abiding citizens are none of their damn business!
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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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I’m not in favor of any discrimination of any form.
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