You can not be a conservative if you’re going to keep promoting new programs that you’re not going to pay for.
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More Rand Paul Quotes
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The only way to save Social Security is to raise the retirement age.
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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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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 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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We don’t need bigger government. We need to shrink the size of government.
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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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I read all of Ayn Rand’s novels when I was 17.
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All issues of crime are better addressed at the state level.
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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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I would introduce and support legislation to send Roe v. Wade back to the states.
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I’m not someone who’s sort of still trying to figure out what I believe in.
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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’ve heard of many tragic cases of walking, talking normal children who wound up with profound mental disorders after vaccines.
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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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We will not cut one penny from the safety net until we’ve cut every penny from corporate welfare.
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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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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.
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I do believe people ought to be left alone. I don’t care who you are or what you do at home or who your friends are or where you hang out, what kind of music you listen to, what you do in your home is your own business. That’s always been who I am. I am a leave me alone kind of guy.
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You can be strong without being involved in every single civil war around the world.
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Let me be clear: I support the Civil Rights Act because I overwhelmingly agree with the intent of the legislation, which was to stop discrimination in the public sphere and halt the abhorrent practice of segregation and Jim Crow laws.
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I don’t plan on being bashful.
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If you give up your rights now, don’t expect to get them back.
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If you’re white and you’re rich in the USA, if you get busted for drugs, you get a good attorney, and you in all likelihood serve no time. But if you’re poor, black, Hispanic, or poor and white for that matter, you can get put in jail.
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It’s curious that only in Washington can you spend $2 billion and claim that you’re saving money.
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You can send a clear message to the establishment.
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