You can not be a conservative if you’re going to keep promoting new programs that you’re not going to pay for.
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You need to have people within your own party that have the wherewithal to stand up to you.
More Rand Paul Quotes
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You can not be a conservative if you’re going to keep promoting new programs that you’re not going to pay for.
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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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We shouldn’t be fearful of freedom, we shouldn’t be fearful of individual liberty.
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You 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.
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I 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.
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Unless you really stand for something, people aren’t motivated to go out and vote for you.
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You know, you look at term limits, you poll term limits, 70, 80 percent of Republicans or Democrats are for it.
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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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Every child in every neighborhood, of every color, class and background, deserves a school that will help them succeed.
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All issues of crime are better addressed at the state level.
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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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If someone has Ebola at a cocktail party they’re contagious and you can catch it from them.
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There comes a time, there comes a time in the history of nations when fear and complacency allow power to accumulate and liberty and privacy to suffer. That time is now and I will not let the Patriot Act, the most unpatriotic of acts go unchallenged.
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If 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.
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Cut defense spending as part of cutting all federal spending.
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[John] Bolton is so far out there, he`s advocating bombing everyone in the world.
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