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.
RAND PAULIf our freedom is taken, the American dream will wither and die.
More Rand Paul Quotes
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For liberty to expand, government must shrink. For the economy to grow, government must get out of the way.
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Let’s means-test benefits – let’s means-test Social Security and Medicare and make the rich pay more for these benefits.
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I’ve heard of many tragic cases of walking, talking normal children who wound up with profound mental disorders after vaccines.
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We must always embrace individual liberty and enforce the constitutional rights of all Americans-rich and poor, immigrant and native, black and white.
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I don’t plan on being bashful.
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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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America’s not the world’s policeman. Terrible things happen across the globe and it is beyond our means to right every wrong. But when, with modest effort and risk, we can stop children from being gassed to death and thereby make our own children safer over the long run, I believe we should act.
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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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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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I say the phone records of law abiding citizens are none of their damn business!
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Are you so afraid that you are willing to trade your freedom for security?
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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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We don’t need bigger government. We need to shrink the size of government.
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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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I’m not in favor of any discrimination of any form.
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