Unless you really stand for something, people aren’t motivated to go out and vote for you.
RAND PAULThe Constitution was not written to restrain the citizen’s behavior, it was written to restrain the government’s behavior.
More Rand Paul Quotes
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Fear & complacency allow power to accumulate & liberty & privacy to suffer.
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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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It’s curious that only in Washington can you spend $2 billion and claim that you’re saving money.
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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 power to tax and spend is restricted by the enumerated powers.
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It is impossible for African-Americans not to feel like their government is particularly targeting them.
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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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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 am running for president to return our country to the principles of liberty and limited government.
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Bipartisanship is not what is missing in Washington. Common sense is.
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We have to think before we act.
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I’m not someone who’s sort of still trying to figure out what I believe in.
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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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You can send a clear message to the establishment.
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I’m not in favor of any discrimination of any form.
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If someone has Ebola at a cocktail party they’re contagious and you can catch it from them.
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You know, when Republicans were in charge, we doubled the debt. But, now, our concern is the Democrats are in charge and they’re tripling the debt. So, really, our concern is that we want smaller government.
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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 our freedom is taken, the American dream will wither and die.
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We are borrowing $40,000 per second.
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I read all of Ayn Rand’s novels when I was 17.
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All issues of crime are better addressed at the state level.
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No president has the right to say he is judge, jury and executioner.
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I call myself a constitutional conservative.
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Are you so afraid that you are willing to trade your freedom for security?
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We don’t need bigger government. We need to shrink the size of government.
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