I’ve put pencil to paper… and I’ve said I would cut spending, and I’ve said exactly where. Each one of my budgets has taken a meat axe to foreign aid, because I think we ought to quit sending it to countries that hate us.
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.
More Rand Paul Quotes
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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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Toppling secular dictators in the Middle East has only led to chaos and the rise of radical Islam.
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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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In the aftermath of 9/11, the Patriot Act was rushed to the floor. Several hundred pages. Nobody read it … But people voted because they were fearful and people said there could be another attack and Americans will blame me if I don’t vote on this.
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I would introduce and support legislation to send Roe v. Wade back to the states.
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If our freedom is taken, the American dream will wither and die.
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Unless you really stand for something, people aren’t motivated to go out and vote for you.
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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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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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You can not be a conservative if you’re going to keep promoting new programs that you’re not going to pay for.
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The history of African-American repression in this country rose from government-sanctioned racism. Jim Crow laws were a product of bigoted state and local governments.
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If you give up your rights now, don’t expect to get them back.
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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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For liberty to expand, government must shrink. For the economy to grow, government must get out of the way.
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I read all of Ayn Rand’s novels when I was 17.
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