Rand Paul Quotes
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As a doctor, I will take it and make it my mission to heal the nation, reverse the course of Obamacare, and repeal every last bit of it.
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I'm not in favor of any discrimination of any form.
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In our state, I'm really proud of the fact that the ones who overturned Jim Crow in Kentucky were Republicans fighting against an entirely unified Democrat Party. So I am proud to be Republican. I can't imagine being anything else.
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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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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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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 think that ISIS is a threat to our embassy, to our consulate, as well as potentially to the American people.
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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 think it's a bad business decision to exclude anybody from your restaurant - but, at the same time, I do believe in private ownership.
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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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In America, as opposed to the old country, success was based on merit.
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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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I don't think you will meet anyone in Israel who will ever burn the American flag.
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My great-grandfather, like many, came to this country in search of the American dream.
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I believe that most police are conscientious and want only to provide safety for us.
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I'm for immigration reform. I think the system's horribly broken, and we need to do something about it.
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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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If our freedom is taken, the American dream will wither and die.
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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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People say America is exceptional. I agree, but it's not the complexion of our skin or the twists in our DNA that make us unique. America is exceptional because we were founded upon the notion that everyone should be free to pursue life, liberty, and happiness.
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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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Government can supply bread, but it can't mend a broken spirit.
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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 don't think I've ever used the word 'gay rights,' because I don't really believe in rights based on your behavior.