I would have voted no on the Iraq war and yes to Afghanistan. – Rand Paul
I tell people I wont vote to go to war unless Im ready to go or send my kids. – Rand Paul
Ive had an interest in politics since I was a little kid. – Rand Paul
You dont go into politics unless you want to win. – Rand Paul
For most of our history, no one dared to tell Americans, you dont build that. – Rand Paul
I think if you have a two-story office and you hire someone whos 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. – Rand Paul
You know, when Republicans were in charge, we doubled the debt. But, now, our concern is the Democrats are in charge and theyre tripling the debt. So, really, our concern is that we want smaller government. – Rand Paul
We dont need bigger government. We need to shrink the size of government. – Rand Paul
You cant have it both ways. You cant tell me that youre 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. – Rand Paul
I have a message from the Tea Party, a message that is loud and clear and does not mince words. Weve come to take our government back. – Rand Paul
What Ive always said is that Im opposed to institutional racism, and I wouldve, had Ive 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. – Rand Paul
I dont think Im really open to having Washington change me. – Rand Paul
The Republican platform specifically says we dont believe in bailing out private business, and yet we did. – Rand Paul
Giving someone a one-time stimulus check, or a one-time tax cut that expires doesnt allow the predictability that business needs. – Rand Paul
The main thing I say on war is that we need to obey the law and formally declare war. – Rand Paul
In America, as opposed to the old country, success was based on merit. – Rand Paul
American inventiveness and the desire to build developed because we were guaranteed the right to own our success. – Rand Paul
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. – Rand Paul
I believe we should work to end all racism in American society and staunchly defend the inherent rights of every person. – Rand Paul
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. – Rand Paul
