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.
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 PAULIf someone has Ebola at a cocktail party they’re contagious and you can catch it from them.
RAND PAULWe have to think before we act.
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 PAULI am running for president to return our country to the principles of liberty and limited government.
RAND PAULThe 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.
RAND PAULFear & complacency allow power to accumulate & liberty & privacy to suffer.
RAND PAULNo president has the right to say he is judge, jury and executioner.
RAND PAULWe shouldn’t be fearful of freedom, we shouldn’t be fearful of individual liberty.
RAND PAULThe fundamental reason why Medicare is failing is why the Soviet Union failed – socialism doesn’t work.
RAND PAULYou can not be a conservative if you’re going to keep promoting new programs that you’re not going to pay for.
RAND PAULIn 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.
RAND PAULIf 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.
RAND PAULYou 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.
RAND PAULI’ve heard of many tragic cases of walking, talking normal children who wound up with profound mental disorders after vaccines.
RAND PAULDuring the Great Depression African Americans understood that Republicans championed citizenship and voting rights, but they became impatient for economic emancipation.
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