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.
RAND PAULThe 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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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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The fundamental reason why Medicare is failing is why the Soviet Union failed – socialism doesn’t work.
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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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It is impossible for African-Americans not to feel like their government is particularly targeting them.
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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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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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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 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 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 give up your rights now, don’t expect to get them back.
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We have to think before we act.
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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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We will not cut one penny from the safety net until we’ve cut every penny from corporate welfare.
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I think we need to treat everybody with dignity.
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My great grandfather, like many, came to this country in search of the American Dream.
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