Rand Paul Quotes
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I would rather not have contentious interviews. I'd rather do 30 minutes with Charlie Rose, laid back in a La-Z-Boy chair.
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No American should be killed by a drone on American soil without first being charged with a crime, without first being found guilty of a crime by a court.
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In America, as opposed to the old country, success was based on merit.
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I'm not in favor of any discrimination of any form.
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I think that ISIS is a threat to our embassy, to our consulate, as well as potentially to the American people.
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If U.S. occupation is a primary recruitment tool and what inspires Islamic terrorists, are many of our current efforts overseas actually fighting terrorism and diminishing the threat?
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I want to be judged by who I am, not by a relationship.
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I, for one, will remain constantly vigilant of a government that admits its transgressions of liberty only when they are caught lying.
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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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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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To defend our country we need to gather intelligence on the enemy, but when the intelligence lies to Congress, how are we to trust them? The phone records of law abiding citizens are none of their damn business.
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I want to collect more records from terrorists, but less records from innocent Americans. The Fourth Amendment was what we fought the Revolution over! John Adams said it was the spark that led to our war for independence, and I'm proud of standing for the Bill of Rights, and I will continue to stand for the Bill of Rights.
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I don't think you will meet anyone in Israel who will ever burn the American flag.
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I don't want my marriage or my guns registered in Washington. And if people have an opinion, it's a religious opinion that is heartly felt, obviously they should be allowed to practice that, and no government should interfere with them.
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Out of your surplus, you can help your allies, and Israel is a great ally. And this is no particular animus of Israel, but what I will say, and I will say over and over again, we cannot give away money we don't have.
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The Constitution's pretty clear. The Federalist papers are pretty clear... They very specifically delegated the power to declare war to Congress. They wanted this to be a congressional decision; they did not want war to be engaged in by the executive without approval of Congress.
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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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I don't think I've ever used the word 'gay rights,' because I don't really believe in rights based on your behavior.
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For too long, we've attached some mythic notion to government solutions, and yet, 40 years after we began the War on Poverty, poverty still abounds.
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I would argue that you're only going to get the conservatives, particularly a Republican House, to pass immigration reform if we, as conservatives, are reassured that the border is controlled and that we get to vote on whether the border is controlled.
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My great-grandfather, like many, came to this country in search of the American dream.
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I'm not questioning Dick Cheney's motives. There's a chance for a conflict of interest. At one point in time, he was opposed to going into Baghdad. Then he was out of office and involved in the defense industry, and then he became for going into Baghdad.
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If our freedom is taken, the American dream will wither and die.
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I believe that most police are conscientious and want only to provide safety for us.