It’s curious that only in Washington can you spend $2 billion and claim that you’re saving money.
RAND PAUL[Marco] Rubio says we should collect all Americans’ records all of the time. The Constitution says otherwise. I think they’re both wrong. I think we defeat terrorism by showing them that we do not fear them.
More Rand Paul Quotes
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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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I think women have come a long way. Women are in positions not because they’re women, they’re in positions because they’re intelligent and they should be equal to their counterparts and treated equally.
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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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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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If I were to look at foreign policy, I would say John McCain has been wrong on just about everything over the last four decades.
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We have to think before we act.
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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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All issues of crime are better addressed at the state level.
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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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Every child in every neighborhood, of every color, class and background, deserves a school that will help them succeed.
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The only way to save Social Security is to raise the retirement age.
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We don’t need bigger government. We need to shrink the size of government.
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The state doesn’t own your children. Parents own the children.
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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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You need to have people within your own party that have the wherewithal to stand up to you.
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