[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.
RAND PAUL[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.
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.
RAND PAULFor liberty to expand, government must shrink. For the economy to grow, government must get out of the way.
RAND PAULIf you give up your rights now, don’t expect to get them back.
RAND PAULLet’s means-test benefits – let’s means-test Social Security and Medicare and make the rich pay more for these benefits.
RAND PAULI am running for president to return our country to the principles of liberty and limited government.
RAND PAULBipartisanship is not what is missing in Washington. Common sense is.
RAND PAULWe 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.
RAND PAULThe state doesn’t own your children. Parents own the children.
RAND PAULI’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.
RAND PAULMy great grandfather, like many, came to this country in search of the American Dream.
RAND PAULIt’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.
RAND PAULWe must always embrace individual liberty and enforce the constitutional rights of all Americans-rich and poor, immigrant and native, black and white.
RAND PAULI 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.
RAND PAULLet 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.
RAND PAULI’m not in favor of any discrimination of any form.
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