Rand Paul Quotes
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My dad was one of only four congressmen who supported Reagan.
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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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You know, when Republicans were in charge, we doubled the debt. But, now, our concern is the Democrats are in charge and they're tripling the debt. So, really, our concern is that we want smaller government.
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It is illegal for the CIA to spy on Americans and an affront to our Republic to spy on the Senate.
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The Ukraine has a long history of either being part of the Soviet Union or within that sphere.
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Laws don't really restrain people. Ninety-eight percent of people follow a virtuous course with or without laws.
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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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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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The Stamp Act was a direct tax imposed on the colonies by King George III. This act inevitably led to the American Revolution. Just as the Stamp Act did in 1765, Obamacare should act as a wake-up call. Chief Justice Roberts provides us with a similar call to action.
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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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If you want boots on the ground, and you want them to be our sons and daughters, you got 14 other choices. There will always be a Bush or Clinton for you, if you want to go back to war in Iraq. But the thing is, the first war was a mistake. And I'm not sending our sons and our daughters back to Iraq.
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Washington has incentivized the militarization of local police precincts by using federal dollars to help municipal governments build what are essentially small armies - where police departments compete to acquire military gear that goes far beyond what most of Americans think of as law enforcement.
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'Peace through Strength' only works if you have and show strength.
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I've gone to Detroit. I've been to Ferguson; I've been to Baltimore, because I want our party to be bigger, better and bolder, and I'm the only one that leads Hillary Clinton in five states that were won by President Obama. I'm a different kind of Republican.
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Every child in every neighborhood, of every color, class and background, deserves a school that will help them succeed.
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The Hepatitis B vaccine is now given to newborns. We sometimes give five and six vaccines all at one time.
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The government has a history of not treating people fairly, from the internment of Japanese Americans in World War II to African-Americans in the Civil Rights era.
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If I had been in President Obama's shoes, I would have acted more decisively and strongly against ISIS.
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Foreign aid goes from poor people in rich countries to rich people in poor countries.
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As president, I would promote a Fair and Flat Tax plan, known as the 'EZ Tax.' My tax plan would be the largest tax cut in American history, reforming individual, business, and worker taxes.
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I have a message from the Tea Party, a message that is loud and clear and does not mince words. We've come to take our government back.
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Conservatives have always wanted border security before we had immigration reform.
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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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We could try freedom for a while. We had it for a long time. That's where you sell something, and I agree to buy it because I like it. That is how we operate in most of rest of the marketplace other than health care.