Unless you really stand for something, people aren’t motivated to go out and vote for you.
RAND PAULYou 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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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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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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There comes a time, there comes a time in the history of nations when fear and complacency allow power to accumulate and liberty and privacy to suffer. That time is now and I will not let the Patriot Act, the most unpatriotic of acts go unchallenged.
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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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You need to have people within your own party that have the wherewithal to stand up to you.
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We have to think before we act.
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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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We will not cut one penny from the safety net until we’ve cut every penny from corporate welfare.
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We don’t need bigger government. We need to shrink the size of government.
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I would introduce and support legislation to send Roe v. Wade back to the states.
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[John] Bolton is so far out there, he`s advocating bombing everyone in the world.
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I don’t plan on being bashful.
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We shouldn’t be fearful of freedom, we shouldn’t be fearful of individual liberty.
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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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