Quotes by Rand Paul

About Rand Paul:

Randal Howard is an American politician and physician. Since 2011, Paul has served in the United States Senate as a member of the Republican Party representing Kentucky. He is the son of former U.S. Representative Ron Paul of Texas.
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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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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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You can't have it both ways. You can't tell me that you're taxed enough already, and that you want constitutional government and then in the next breath say, 'Bring me home some bacon.' The pig has been picked clean.

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I think if you have a two-story office and you hire someone who's handicapped, it might be reasonable to let him have an office on the first floor rather than the government saying you have to have a $100,000 elevator.

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Because Republicans believe that the federal government is limited in its function-some have concluded that Republicans are somehow inherently insensitive to minority rights. Nothing could be further from the truth.

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I would argue that the objective evidence shows that big government is not a friend to African Americans.

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We don't need bigger government. We need to shrink the size of government.

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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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Does the owner of the restaurant own his restaurant? Or does the government own his restaurant?

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We should not have the U.S. government buying stock in American industries - the financial industry or any other industry.

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For most of our history, no one dared to tell Americans, 'you don't build that.'

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The history of African-American repression in this country rose from government-sanctioned racism. Jim Crow laws were a product of bigoted state and local governments.

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The Republican Party's history is rich and chock full of emancipation and black history.

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I don't think I'm really open to having Washington change me.

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I think my dad has helped me tremendously.

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The great and abiding lesson of American history, particularly the cold war, is that the engine of capitalism, the individual, is mightier than any collective.

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I think what happened during the Great Depression was that African Americans understood that Republicans championed citizenship and voting rights but they became impatient for economic emancipation.

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Republicans traditionally say, 'oh, we'll cut domestic spending, but we won't touch the military.' The liberals - the ones who are good - will say, 'oh, we'll cut the military, but we won't cut domestic spending.'

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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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As long as I sit at Henry Clay's desk, I will remember his lifelong desire to forge agreement, but I will also keep close to my heart the principled stand of his cousin, Cassius Clay, who refused to forsake the life of any human, simply to find agree...

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The power to tax and spend is restricted by the enumerated powers.

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Author Bio

  • NameRand Paul
  • DescriptionAmerican politician, ophtalmologist, and United States Senator from Kentucky
  • AliasesRandal Howard Paul
  • BornJanuary 7, 1963
  • CountryUnited States Of America
  • ProfessionPolitician; Physician; Ophthalmologist