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.
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More Rand Paul Quotes
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Toppling secular dictators in the Middle East has only led to chaos and the rise of radical Islam.
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I am running for president to return our country to the principles of liberty and limited government.
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I call myself a constitutional conservative.
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It’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.
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We should be proud that so many want to come to America, that it is still seen as the land of opportunity. Let’s make it a land of legal work, not black-market jobs. Let’s make it a land of work, not welfare. Our land should be one of assimilation, not hiding in the shadows.
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Cut defense spending as part of cutting all federal spending.
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During the Great Depression African Americans understood that Republicans championed citizenship and voting rights, but they became impatient for economic emancipation.
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If someone has Ebola at a cocktail party they’re contagious and you can catch it from them.
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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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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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You can be strong without being involved in every single civil war around the world.
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The state doesn’t own your children. Parents own the children.
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We don’t need bigger government. We need to shrink the size of government.
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Fear & complacency allow power to accumulate & liberty & privacy to suffer.
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The Republican promise is for policies that create economic growth. Republicans believe lower taxes, less regulation, balanced budgets, a solvent Social Security and Medicare will stimulate economic growth.
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