We must always embrace individual liberty and enforce the constitutional rights of all Americans-rich and poor, immigrant and native, black and white.
RAND PAULIn 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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My great grandfather, like many, came to this country in search of the American Dream.
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In a free society we will tolerate boorish people, who have abhorrent behavior, but if we’re civilized people we publicly criticize that and don’t belong to those groups or associate with those people.
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Bipartisanship is not what is missing in Washington. Common sense is.
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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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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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We shouldn’t be fearful of freedom, we shouldn’t be fearful of individual liberty.
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I do believe people ought to be left alone. I don’t care who you are or what you do at home or who your friends are or where you hang out, what kind of music you listen to, what you do in your home is your own business. That’s always been who I am. I am a leave me alone kind of guy.
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I would introduce and support legislation to send Roe v. Wade back to the states.
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For liberty to expand, government must shrink. For the economy to grow, government must get out of the way.
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You can be strong without being involved in every single civil war around the world.
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If you give up your rights now, don’t expect to get them back.
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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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If you think you have the right to health care, you are saying basically that I am your slave. I provide health care… My staff and technicians provide it… If you have a right to health care, then you have a right to their labor.
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We should not have drug laws or a court system that disproportionately punishes the black community.
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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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