Rand Paul Quotes
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The power to tax and spend is restricted by the enumerated powers.
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I'm proud of my decade-long fight to have all ophthalmologists re-certify, regardless of age.
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Do you hate poor people or do you just hate poor people with jobs?
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If our freedom is taken, the American dream will wither and die.
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Every debate in Washington is about how much to increase spending - a little or a lot.
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Do we fear terrorism so much that we throw out our Constitution, and are we unwilling and afraid to debate our Constitution?
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I believe that most police are conscientious and want only to provide safety for us.
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What I say is, national defense is the most important thing we do in Washington, but there's still waste in the military budget.
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Putin must be punished for violating the Budapest Memorandum, and Russia must learn that the U.S. will isolate it if it insists on acting like a rogue nation.
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My grandfather would live to see his children become doctors and ministers, accounts and professors.
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American inventiveness and the desire to build developed because we were guaranteed the right to own our success.
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I don't think you should have everybody's information from their bank. There should be some process: accusations and proof that you've committed a crime.
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We should revoke passports from any Americans or dual citizens who are fighting with ISIS.
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Black unemployment is twice white unemployment and has been for decade after decade.
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Democrats in Louisville were led by Courier-Journal editor Henry Watterson and were implacably opposed to blacks voting.
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Government can supply bread, but it can't mend a broken spirit.
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Under Obamacare, it virtually is impossible to find out the price of anything. That's not the way to make health care affordable.
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I've had an interest in politics since I was a little kid.
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I think a policy of isolationism toward Cuba is misplaced and hasn't worked.
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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'm not someone who's sort of still trying to figure out what I believe in.
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I think we need to treat everybody with dignity.
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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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When you look at statistics for the white community alone, you see that we've become two separate worlds in which the successful are educated and wait to have children until they are married, and those in poverty are primarily those without higher education and with children outside of marriage.