Cut defense spending as part of cutting all federal spending.
RAND PAULThe only way to save Social Security is to raise the retirement age.
More Rand Paul Quotes
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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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It’s a little different when you spend 30 years developing all these companies that we just ask [Donald Trump] to sell them. So I don’t think that’s a fair request.
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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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I think we need to treat everybody with dignity.
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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 never, ever cheated [in medical school]. I don’t condone cheating. But I would sometimes spread misinformation. This is a great tactic. Misinformation can be very important.
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We are borrowing $40,000 per second.
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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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You can’t have it both ways. You can’t tell me that you’re taxed enough already, and that you want constitutional government and then in the next breath say, ‘Bring me home some bacon.’ The pig has been picked clean.
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We have to think before we act.
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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 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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All issues of crime are better addressed at the state level.
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Bipartisanship is not what is missing in Washington. Common sense is.
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I read all of Ayn Rand’s novels when I was 17.
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