There comes a time, there comes a time in the history of nations when fear and complacency allow power to accumulate and liberty and privacy to suffer. That time is now and I will not let the Patriot Act, the most unpatriotic of acts go unchallenged.
RAND PAULThe 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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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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We have to think before we act.
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If our freedom is taken, the American dream will wither and die.
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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’m not someone who’s sort of still trying to figure out what I believe in.
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All issues of crime are better addressed at the state level.
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I think we need to treat everybody with dignity.
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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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Toppling secular dictators in the Middle East has only led to chaos and the rise of radical Islam.
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Let 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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Cut defense spending as part of cutting all federal spending.
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We should not have drug laws or a court system that disproportionately punishes the black community.
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I don’t plan on being bashful.
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No 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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We will not cut one penny from the safety net until we’ve cut every penny from corporate welfare.
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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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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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You need to have people within your own party that have the wherewithal to stand up to you.
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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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If you give up your rights now, don’t expect to get them back.
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The state doesn’t own your children. Parents own the children.
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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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It’s curious that only in Washington can you spend $2 billion and claim that you’re saving money.
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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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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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If you’re white and you’re rich in the USA, if you get busted for drugs, you get a good attorney, and you in all likelihood serve no time. But if you’re poor, black, Hispanic, or poor and white for that matter, you can get put in jail.
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