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 you give up your rights now, don’t expect to get them back.
More Rand Paul Quotes
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We must always embrace individual liberty and enforce the constitutional rights of all Americans-rich and poor, immigrant and native, black and white.
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If you give up your rights now, don’t expect to get them back.
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Congress shall pass no law that exempts themselves!
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You can send a clear message to the establishment.
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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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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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I say the phone records of law abiding citizens are none of their damn business!
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I don’t want to live in a nanny state where people are telling me where I can go and what I can do.
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The only way to save Social Security is to raise the retirement age.
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The U.S. should never get involved where we have no clear national interest. We should not intervene militarily in a country like Syria, where we can’t separate friend from foe and might end up arming the very people who hate us the most.
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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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The history of African-American repression in this country rose from government-sanctioned racism. Jim Crow laws were a product of bigoted state and local governments.
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Cut defense spending as part of cutting all federal spending.
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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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