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I don’t want to live in a nanny state where people are telling me where I can go and what I can do.

Rand Paul

I am running for president to return our country to the principles of liberty and limited government.
RAND PAUL

Country Government Liberty Limitation President Principle Run
If you think you have the right to health care, you are saying basically that I am your slave. I provide health care… My staff and technicians provide it… If you have a right to health care, then you have a right to their labor.
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Care Health Slave Thinking Work Yourself
The Republican Party is an empty vessel unless we imbue it with values.
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Empty Government Party Value
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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Equality Intelligence Intelligent Journey Position Thinking Woman
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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Country Government History Oppression
[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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Constitution Defeat Terroism Thinking Time Wrong
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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End Friendship Hate Military Nation Save
Fear & complacency allow power to accumulate & liberty & privacy to suffer.
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Liberty Power Privacy Suffering
Cut defense spending as part of cutting all federal spending.
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Money Protection
If you give up your rights now, don’t expect to get them back.
RAND PAUL

Expectation Give Up Loss Right Yourself
The Founders never intended for Americans to trust their government. Our entire Constitution was predicated on the notion that government was a necessary evil, to be restrained and minimized as much as possible.
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Constitution Evil Government Necessary Possible Trust
You need to have people within your own party that have the wherewithal to stand up to you.
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Need People Support Yourself
Bipartisanship is not what is missing in Washington. Common sense is.
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Funny Missing Politics
The state doesn’t own your children. Parents own the children.
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Children Parents Yourself
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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Abuse Civilization Freedom People Society
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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Clean Government Home Limitation People Place Power Rule

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