Rand Paul Quotes
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General Hayden knows full well the powerful and invasive nature of metadata.
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People don't like to vote against something that's so incredibly popular.
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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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America has much greatness left in her.
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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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I've had an interest in politics since I was a little kid.
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My dad was one of only four congressmen who supported Reagan.
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Each one of my budgets has taken a meat axe to foreign aid, because I think we ought to quit sending it to countries that hate us.
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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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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 call myself a constitutional conservative.
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America is a world leader, but we should not be its policeman or ATM.
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I think young people of all races are interested in justice; maybe not so much taxes and regulations, but they're interested in justice and the right to privacy on the Internet.
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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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Every debate in Washington is about how much to increase spending - a little or a lot.
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Mandatory minimum sentencing has disproportionately affected blacks, Hispanics and others who often don't have the financial means to fight back.
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My grandfather would live to see his children become doctors and ministers, accounts and professors.
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The Republican platform specifically says we don't believe in bailing out private business, and yet we did.
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Using taxes to punish the rich, in reality, punishes everyone because we are all interconnected. High taxes and excessive regulation and massive debt are not working.
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I think public awareness of how good vaccines are for kids and how they are good for public health is a great idea.
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A free society will abide unofficial, private discrimination, even when that means allowing hate-filled groups to exclude people based on the color of their skin.
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The United States has the highest incarceration rate in the world. Many of those people deserve to be in prison; however, some of them do not.
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If any Republican nominee wants to run on the idea that borrowing money and printing it up and sending it to foreign countries that often hate us and burn our flag and think it's a good idea, feel free to run on that issue. But it's not really popular with the people.
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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.