Rand Paul Quotes
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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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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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The power to tax and spend is restricted by the enumerated powers.
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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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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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I'm for immigration reform. I think the system's horribly broken, and we need to do something about it.
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Every debate in Washington is about how much to increase spending - a little or a lot.
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My grandfather would live to see his children become doctors and ministers, accounts and professors.
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Vladimir Putin's invasion of Ukraine is a gross violation of that nation's sovereignty and an affront to the international community.
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Black unemployment is twice white unemployment and has been for decade after decade.
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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 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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I think a policy of isolationism toward Cuba is misplaced and hasn't worked.
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I support the Civil Rights Act and the Voting Rights Act.
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Both sides of the aisle - Republican and Democrat - have been unwilling and afraid to address the deficit, and someone's got to.
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Do you hate poor people or do you just hate poor people with jobs?
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We should revoke passports from any Americans or dual citizens who are fighting with ISIS.
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One of the reasons I come to California is that the Republican party seems to have given up on California, and my message to those in California is that we're going to compete nationally as a party, and that includes California.
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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.
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If you force legislators to balance, at the end of the day, if it has to be balanced, then they step up and they become legislators and can find out where to cut.
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The West is in for a long, irregular confrontation - not with terrorism, which is simply a tactic, but with radical Islam.
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Appalachia, my state, eastern Kentucky, has a large amount of poverty.
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I have a biology degree, okay?