Rand Paul Quotes
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Appalachia, my state, eastern Kentucky, has a large amount of poverty.
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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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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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The Republican platform specifically says we don't believe in bailing out private business, and yet we did.
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I would have voted 'no' on the Iraq war and 'yes' to Afghanistan.
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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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The problem is that in our country, they make it almost impossible for politicians to win anything. In England it's easier to win a libel suit.
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I have a biology degree, okay?
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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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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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If I had been in President Obama's shoes, I would have acted more decisively and strongly against ISIS.
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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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I don't care if you're a Republican or a Democrat, there is something profoundly un-American about using the brute force of government to bully someone.
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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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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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Conservatives have always wanted border security before we had immigration reform.
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I think we need to treat everybody with dignity.
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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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We do not project power from bankruptcy court. We're borrowing a million dollars a minute. It's got to stop somewhere.
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What I've always said is that I'm opposed to institutional racism, and I would've, had I've been alive at the time, I think, had the courage to march with Martin Luther King to overturn institutional racism, and I see no place in our society for institutional racism.
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I give thousands of interviews, and I'm probably about as open as anybody in Washington as far as access goes, so I'll continue to do that.
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I think my dad has helped me tremendously.
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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.