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.
RAND PAULIf I have a weakness, it’s that I try to live by the rules. I try to live by the rules, no matter what they are, and I was brought up that way as a kid. Play by the rules.
More Rand Paul Quotes
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The state doesn’t own your children. Parents own the children.
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The only way to save Social Security is to raise the retirement age.
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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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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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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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[John] Bolton is so far out there, he`s advocating bombing everyone in the world.
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Are you so afraid that you are willing to trade your freedom for security?
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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 power to tax and spend is restricted by the enumerated powers.
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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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No president has the right to say he is judge, jury and executioner.
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All issues of crime are better addressed at the state level.
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It is impossible for African-Americans not to feel like their government is particularly targeting them.
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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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I think we need to treat everybody with dignity.
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