I think every president tries to make the case that Congress can't tell them what to do on foreign policy or war, they're wrong. Rand Paul More Quotes by Rand Paul More Quotes From Rand Paul The question's whether or not there's an American interest in the Civil War [in Syria]. The question is whether or not a military strike on [Bashar] Assad will cause him to be encouraged to use more weapons or discouraged. It's easy enough to say - and the president [Barack Obama] says though this will teach him a lesson - but his military strike is intended not to target him individually, not to bring about regime change. Rand Paul militarypresidentwar We should not have the U.S. government buying stock in American industries - the financial industry or any other industry. Rand Paul financialgovernmentbuying Washington is horribly broken. We are encountering a day of reckoning and this movement, this Tea Party movement, is a message to Washington that we're unhappy and that we want things done differently. Rand Paul partybrokentea I believe we should work to end all racism in American society and staunchly defend the inherent rights of every person. Rand Paul racismrightsbelieve The other thing I said is the great irony is you will be back fighting against your own weapons. Had [Bashar] Assad been bombed when he used chemical weapons two years ago, ISIS would be in charge of all of Syria now. Rand Paul isisfightingyears 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. Rand Paul importantcheatingschool Fear & complacency allow power to accumulate & liberty & privacy to suffer Rand Paul complacencylibertysuffering Any time you make an analogy to horrific people in history, Mussolini or Hitler, people say, 'Oh, you're exaggerating, you're talking about, it's hyperbole.' Maybe it is. ... But I would say is that if you are not concerned that democracy could produce bad people, I don't think you're really thinking this through too much. Rand Paul nsatalkingthinking I would introduce and support legislation to send Roe v. Wade back to the states. Rand Paul introducingwadesupport There is nothing conservative about bailing out Wall Street. Likewise, there is nothing progressive about billion dollar loans to millionaires to build solar panels. Rand Paul conservativedollarswall I call myself a constitutional conservative. Rand Paul conservative All issues of crime are better addressed at the state level. Rand Paul issuescrimelevels 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. Rand Paul governmentrightsbelieve We shouldn't be fearful of freedom, we shouldn't be fearful of individual liberty. Rand Paul fearfulindividualliberty I just can't vote to go to war unless I think there's a real clear-cut American purpose in the war, that we're going to win and that we're not going fight for stalemate. Rand Paul fightingrealwar Cut defense spending as part of cutting all federal spending. Rand Paul spendingdefensecutting I think really that you shouldn't run as a conservative if you're not. Rand Paul conservativerunningthinking The Democrats promised equalizing outcomes through unlimited federal assistance while Republicans offered something that seemed less tangible - the promise of equalizing opportunity through free markets. Rand Paul tangibleopportunitypromise [John] Bolton was an advocate for regime change in Libya, so was Hillary Clinton actually. And Donald Trump said it was a mistake. I agree it was a mistake to do regime change in Libya. We became more endangered and actually worse people took over afterwards. Rand Paul clintonmistakepeople In battle, combatants engaged in war against America get no due process and may lawfully be killed. But citizens not in a battlefield - however despicable - are guaranteed a trial by our Constitution. No one argues that Americans who commit treason shouldn't be punished. The maximum penalty for treason is death. But the Constitution specifies the process necessary to convict. Rand Paul technologywarfather
