We don’t need bigger government. We need to shrink the size of government.
RAND PAULFor liberty to expand, government must shrink. For the economy to grow, government must get out of the way.
More Rand Paul Quotes
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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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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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[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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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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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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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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The Constitution was not written to restrain the citizen’s behavior, it was written to restrain the government’s behavior.
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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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Cut defense spending as part of cutting all federal spending.
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My great grandfather, like many, came to this country in search of the American Dream.
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Are you so afraid that you are willing to trade your freedom for security?
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I say the phone records of law abiding citizens are none of their damn business!
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Inherent to socialism is the absence of choice. If I want to choose my own pretzels or books or iphones, they prevent me – they fine me, or imprison me. And those systems, not infrequently have historically, have developed into systems where there are programs.
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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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You can send a clear message to the establishment.
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