The power to tax and spend is restricted by the enumerated powers.
RAND PAULUnless you really stand for something, people aren’t motivated to go out and vote for you.
More Rand Paul Quotes
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The Democrats promised equalizing outcomes through unlimited federal assistance while Republicans offered something that seemed less tangible – the promise of equalizing opportunity through free markets.
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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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If you give up your rights now, don’t expect to get them back.
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I would introduce and support legislation to send Roe v. Wade back to the states.
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We should not have drug laws or a court system that disproportionately punishes the black community.
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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 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 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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I’m not someone who’s sort of still trying to figure out what I believe in.
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No president has the right to say he is judge, jury and executioner.
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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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You can’t have it both ways. You can’t tell me that you’re taxed enough already, and that you want constitutional government and then in the next breath say, ‘Bring me home some bacon.’ The pig has been picked clean.
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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 say the phone records of law abiding citizens are none of their damn business!
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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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