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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.

Rand Paul

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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Benefit Pay Rich Security Social
I will not vote to send my sons, or your sons, daughters, brothers, sisters or friends to fight for a stalemate.
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Family Fight Myself Vote War
The power to tax and spend is restricted by the enumerated powers.
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Law Money Power Restriction Tax
All issues of crime are better addressed at the state level.
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Address Crime Issues
The great and abiding lesson of American history, particularly the Cold War, is that the engine of capitalism – the individual – is mightier than any collective.
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Collection Greatness History Lesson War
We don’t need bigger government. We need to shrink the size of government.
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Government Need Politics
If congress refuses to obey its own rules. If congress refuses to pass a balanced budget. If congress refuses to read the Bills. Then I say, sweep the place clean, limit their terms, and send them HOME!
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Clean Government Home Limitation People Place Power Rule
How much liberty do with want to give up for a false sense of security?
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Give Up Liberty Politics Safety Security
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.
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Civilization Myself Practice Right Stop Support
The Republican Party is an empty vessel unless we imbue it with values.
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Empty Government Party Value
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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Believe Creation Growth Policy Promise Security
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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Citizenship Economy Patience Right Thinking Vote
Fear & complacency allow power to accumulate & liberty & privacy to suffer.
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Liberty Power Privacy Suffering
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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Constitution Evil Government Necessary Possible Trust
If someone has Ebola at a cocktail party they’re contagious and you can catch it from them.
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Celebration Funny Party Sick Yourself
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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Breathe Enough Way Food Government Home Tax

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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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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