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.
RAND PAULEvery child in every neighborhood, of every color, class and background, deserves a school that will help them succeed.
More Rand Paul Quotes
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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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If congress refuses to obey its own rules. If congress refuses to pass a balanced budget. If congress refuses to read the Bills. Then I say, sweep the place clean, limit their terms, and send them HOME!
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Congress shall pass no law that exempts themselves!
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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 read all of Ayn Rand’s novels when I was 17.
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Bipartisanship is not what is missing in Washington. Common sense is.
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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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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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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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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.
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The fundamental reason why Medicare is failing is why the Soviet Union failed – socialism doesn’t work.
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The state doesn’t own your children. Parents own the children.
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You can be strong without being involved in every single civil war around the world.
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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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[John] Bolton is so far out there, he`s advocating bombing everyone in the world.
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You can send a clear message to the establishment.
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I don’t care if you’re a Republican or a Democrat, there is something profoundly un-American about using the brute force of government to bully someone.
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It is impossible for African-Americans not to feel like their government is particularly targeting them.
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We should not have drug laws or a court system that disproportionately punishes the black community.
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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 call myself a constitutional conservative.
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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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[Marco] Rubio says we should collect all Americans’ records all of the time. The Constitution says otherwise. I think they’re both wrong. I think we defeat terrorism by showing them that we do not fear them.
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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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If you give up your rights now, don’t expect to get them back.
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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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