How much liberty do with want to give up for a false sense of security?
RAND PAULLet 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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I’m not in favor of any discrimination of any form.
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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 am running for president to return our country to the principles of liberty and limited government.
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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 Constitution was not written to restrain the citizen’s behavior, it was written to restrain the government’s behavior.
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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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I will not vote to send my sons, or your sons, daughters, brothers, sisters or friends to fight for a stalemate.
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The great and abiding lesson of American history, particularly the Cold War, is that the engine of capitalism – the individual – is mightier than any collective.
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In a free society we will tolerate boorish people, who have abhorrent behavior, but if we’re civilized people we publicly criticize that and don’t belong to those groups or associate with those people.
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I’ve heard of many tragic cases of walking, talking normal children who wound up with profound mental disorders after vaccines.
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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 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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Toppling secular dictators in the Middle East has only led to chaos and the rise of radical Islam.
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No president has the right to say he is judge, jury and executioner.
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We all either work for rich people or we sell stuff to rich people, so just punishing rich people is as bad for the economy as punishing anyone. Let’s not punish anyone.
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