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 PAULNo 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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All issues of crime are better addressed at the state level.
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If you give up your rights now, don’t expect to get them back.
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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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I say the phone records of law abiding citizens are none of their damn business!
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You know, you look at term limits, you poll term limits, 70, 80 percent of Republicans or Democrats are for it.
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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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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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You can be strong without being involved in every single civil war around the world.
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I don’t want to live in a nanny state where people are telling me where I can go and what I can do.
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Using taxes to punish the rich, in reality, punishes everyone because we are all interconnected. High taxes and excessive regulation and massive debt are not working.
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My great grandfather, like many, came to this country in search of the American Dream.
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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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The state doesn’t own your children. Parents own the children.
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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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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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