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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!

Rand Paul

I read all of Ayn Rand’s novels when I was 17.
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Novel Reading Young
The Constitution was not written to restrain the citizen’s behavior, it was written to restrain the government’s behavior.
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Behavior Citizenship Government Politics Writing
I’m not someone who’s sort of still trying to figure out what I believe in.
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Believe Myself Try
If I were to look at foreign policy, I would say John McCain has been wrong on just about everything over the last four decades.
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Myself Past Policy Time Wrong
No president has the right to say he is judge, jury and executioner.
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Execution Judgement Right
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.
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Civilization Myself Practice Right Stop Support
The Founders never intended for Americans to trust their government. Our entire Constitution was predicated on the notion that government was a necessary evil, to be restrained and minimized as much as possible.
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Constitution Evil Government Necessary Possible Trust
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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Cheating Education Greatness Important Student
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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Black Constitution Liberty Poor Rich Right White
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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Act Challenge Fear History Liberty Nation Patriot Power Privacy Suffering Time
If our freedom is taken, the American dream will wither and die.
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Death Dream Freedom Ourselves Patriot
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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Breathe Enough Way Food Government Home Tax
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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Children Live Myself Play Rule Weakness
The only way to save Social Security is to raise the retirement age.
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Age Retirement Security Way
You need to have people within your own party that have the wherewithal to stand up to you.
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Need People Support Yourself
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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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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