All issues of crime are better addressed at the state level.
RAND PAULNo Republican questions or disputes civil rights. I have never wavered in my support for civil rights or the civil rights act.
More Rand Paul Quotes
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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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[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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I do believe people ought to be left alone. I don’t care who you are or what you do at home or who your friends are or where you hang out, what kind of music you listen to, what you do in your home is your own business. That’s always been who I am. I am a leave me alone kind of guy.
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I say the phone records of law abiding citizens are none of their damn business!
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I call myself a constitutional conservative.
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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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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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The state doesn’t own your children. Parents own the children.
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There is nothing conservative about bailing out Wall Street. Likewise, there is nothing progressive about billion dollar loans to millionaires to build solar panels.
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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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It’s curious that only in Washington can you spend $2 billion and claim that you’re saving money.
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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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It is impossible for African-Americans not to feel like their government is particularly targeting them.
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We will not cut one penny from the safety net until we’ve cut every penny from corporate welfare.
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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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