The power to tax and spend is restricted by the enumerated powers.
RAND PAULIt’s a little different when you spend 30 years developing all these companies that we just ask [Donald Trump] to sell them. So I don’t think that’s a fair request.
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We should not have drug laws or a court system that disproportionately punishes the black community.
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We don’t need bigger government. We need to shrink the size of government.
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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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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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For liberty to expand, government must shrink. For the economy to grow, government must get out of the way.
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If you give up your rights now, don’t expect to get them back.
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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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I’ve heard of many tragic cases of walking, talking normal children who wound up with profound mental disorders after vaccines.
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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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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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You can be strong without being involved in every single civil war around the world.
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Are you so afraid that you are willing to trade your freedom for security?
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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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Bipartisanship is not what is missing in Washington. Common sense is.
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We shouldn’t be fearful of freedom, we shouldn’t be fearful of individual liberty.
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