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.
RAND PAULDuring the Great Depression African Americans understood that Republicans championed citizenship and voting rights, but they became impatient for economic emancipation.
More Rand Paul Quotes
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We have to think before we act.
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[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.
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If our freedom is taken, the American dream will wither and die.
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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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The fundamental reason why Medicare is failing is why the Soviet Union failed – socialism doesn’t work.
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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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We should not have drug laws or a court system that disproportionately punishes the black community.
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[John] Bolton is so far out there, he`s advocating bombing everyone in the world.
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Let’s means-test benefits – let’s means-test Social Security and Medicare and make the rich pay more for these benefits.
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The only way to save Social Security is to raise the retirement age.
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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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I think we need to treat everybody with dignity.
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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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We shouldn’t be fearful of freedom, we shouldn’t be fearful of individual liberty.
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America’s not the world’s policeman. Terrible things happen across the globe and it is beyond our means to right every wrong. But when, with modest effort and risk, we can stop children from being gassed to death and thereby make our own children safer over the long run, I believe we should act.
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