Inherent to socialism is the absence of choice. If I want to choose my own pretzels or books or iphones, they prevent me – they fine me, or imprison me. And those systems, not infrequently have historically, have developed into systems where there are programs.
RAND PAULIf someone has Ebola at a cocktail party they’re contagious and you can catch it from them.
More Rand Paul Quotes
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I don’t plan on being bashful.
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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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It is impossible for African-Americans not to feel like their government is particularly targeting them.
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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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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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You can be strong without being involved in every single civil war around the world.
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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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If our freedom is taken, the American dream will wither and die.
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The power to tax and spend is restricted by the enumerated powers.
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Let’s means-test benefits – let’s means-test Social Security and Medicare and make the rich pay more for these benefits.
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I read all of Ayn Rand’s novels when I was 17.
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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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You need to have people within your own party that have the wherewithal to stand up to you.
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Using taxes to punish the rich, in reality, punishes everyone because we are all interconnected. High taxes and excessive regulation and massive debt are not working.
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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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