Rand Paul Quotes

Foreign aid goes from poor people in rich countries to rich people in poor countries.

I've heard of many tragic cases of walking, talking normal children who wound up with profound mental disorders after vaccines.

No Republican questions or disputes civil rights. I have never wavered in my support for civil rights or the civil rights act.

We will not cut one penny from the safety net until we've cut every penny from corporate welfare.

You know, you look at term limits, you poll term limits, 70, 80 percent of Republicans or Democrats are for it.

My great grandfather, like many, came to this country in search of the American Dream.

I don't want to live in a nanny state where people are telling me where I can go and what I can do.

If our freedom is taken, the American dream will wither and die.

I am running for president to return our country to the principles of liberty and limited government.

For liberty to expand, government must shrink. For the economy to grow, government must get out of the way.

The Constitution was not written to restrain the citizen's behavior, it was writtne to restrain the government's behavior.

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.

I will not vote to send my sons, or your sons, daughters, brothers, sisters or friends to fight for a stalemate.

Every child in every neighborhood, of every color, class and background, deserves a school that will help them succeed.

If you give up your rights now, don’t expect to get them back.

The fundamental reason why Medicare is failing is why the Soviet Union failed - socialism doesn't work.

I have a great deal of concern for any president and the amount of power they accumulate versus congress. I'm a stickler about the idea of separation of powers.

If someone has Ebola at a cocktail party they're contagious and you can catch it from them.

I want to see the original long-form certificate of Donald Trump's Republican registration.

We have 11 million people said to be in our country illegally. Forty percent of them are said to have overstayed their visa. Do we know where they are?

Bipartisanship is not what is missing in Washington. Common sense is.

On vague wording of drone strike criteria: “Are you going to just drop a hellfire missile on Jane Fonda? Are you going to drop a missile on Kent State? That’s gobbledygook.

American inventiveness and the desire to build developed because we were guaranteed the right to own our success.

No president has the right to say he is judge, jury and executioner.

I was told I got 10 measly minutes, but just in case, I brought 13 hours worth of material.

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.

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.

Are you so afraid that you are willing to trade your freedom for security?

I have allowed the president to pick his political appointees…But I will not sit quietly and let him shred the Constitution.

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.

I think we defeat terrorism by showing them that we do not fear them.

The Republican Party is an empty vessel unless we imbue it with values.

We should not have drug laws or a court system that disproportionately punishes the black community.

And when the time is right, I hope that African Americans will again look to the party of emancipation, civil liberty, and individual freedom.

I will not let the patriot act, the most un-patriotic of acts, go unchallenged.

Giving someone a one-time stimulus check, or a one-time tax cut that expires doesn't allow the predictability that business needs.

I'm not in favor of any discrimination of any form.

You can send a clear message to the establishment

I never, ever cheated [in medical school]. I don't condone cheating. But I would sometimes spread misinformation. This is a great tactic. Misinformation can be very important.

Just because a couple people on the Supreme Court declare something to be 'constitutional' does not make it so.

Do we fear terrorism so much that we throw out our Constitution, and are we unwilling and afraid to debate our Constitution?

If I had been told to get out of the street as a teenager, there would have been a distinct possibility that I might have smarted off. But, I wouldn’t have expected to be shot.

I call myself a constitutional conservative.

I would have never released the sanctions [for Iran] before there was consistent evidence of compliance.

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

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.

Congress shall pass no law that exempts themselves!

You need to have people within your own party that have the wherewithal to stand up to you.

Well, let's be clear, I'm the only one on the stage who actually has a five-year budget that balances.

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