I’ve put pencil to paper… and I’ve said I would cut spending, and I’ve said exactly where. Each one of my budgets has taken a meat axe to foreign aid, because I think we ought to quit sending it to countries that hate us.
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More Rand Paul Quotes
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You can send a clear message to the establishment.
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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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We shouldn’t be fearful of freedom, we shouldn’t be fearful of individual liberty.
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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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I would introduce and support legislation to send Roe v. Wade back to the states.
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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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[John] Bolton is so far out there, he`s advocating bombing everyone in the world.
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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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The great and abiding lesson of American history, particularly the Cold War, is that the engine of capitalism – the individual – is mightier than any collective.
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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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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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The fundamental reason why Medicare is failing is why the Soviet Union failed – socialism doesn’t work.
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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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I am running for president to return our country to the principles of liberty and limited government.
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I think we need to treat everybody with dignity.
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The Republican promise is for policies that create economic growth. Republicans believe lower taxes, less regulation, balanced budgets, a solvent Social Security and Medicare will stimulate economic growth.
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Unless you really stand for something, people aren’t motivated to go out and vote for you.
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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 only way to save Social Security is to raise the retirement age.
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Are you so afraid that you are willing to trade your freedom for security?
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During the Great Depression African Americans understood that Republicans championed citizenship and voting rights, but they became impatient for economic emancipation.
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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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If you give up your rights now, don’t expect to get them back.
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I read all of Ayn Rand’s novels when I was 17.
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Fear & complacency allow power to accumulate & liberty & privacy to suffer.
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