I think his advocacy for regime change around the world is a naive world view. And I think that the world will be a much better place with new advisors to the president and hopefully somebody who's actually listening to what the President says over and over again, that he wants to bring America's longest war to a close.

Rand Paul

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I think a lot of things could be handled locally. by Rand Paul

I think a lot of things could be handled locally.

I went to my first national convention in 1976, when my family supported [Ronald] Reagan over [Gerald] Ford, so we've always been Republicans, but we've always wanted the Republican Party to be the party of fiscally conservative, limited-government types. And I think, sometimes, we haven't done that as well.

party government thinking

Someone is an ignoramus who would say that, 'Oh, we had three hurricanes this year. This proves that somehow the climate is warming.' The earth is 4.5 billion years old, and you're going to say that we had four hurricanes and so it proves a theory?

party nature science

I think Republicans will not win again in my lifetime ... unless they become a new GOP, a new Republican Party. And it has to be a transformation. Not a little tweaking at the edges.

party winning reality

I worry that the Senate is working to consider a series of little-noticed provisions in comprehensive immigration reform that may provide a pathway to a national ID card for all individuals present in the United States - citizens and noncitizens.

pathways immigration worry

I'm in favor of everything with regards to ending institutional r... by Rand Paul

I'm in favor of everything with regards to ending institutional racism.

institutional-racism favors racism

I'm not opposed to letting people work and labor in our country, but we shouldn't provide an easy route to citizenship. We're the only country I know of where a person can come in illegally and that baby becomes a citizen and I think that should stop also.

baby country thinking

Republicans who criticize the use of two languages, I think, make... by Rand Paul

Republicans who criticize the use of two languages, I think, make a great mistake.

mistake two thinking

Of strong importance to me is the defense of minority rights, not just racial minorities, but ideological and religious minorities.

strong religious rights

I think you'll find that these are measures that have great bipartisan support, and so I expect, not only did we do well in the primary, I think we'll win by a wide margin in the fall because we're going to get a lot of independents and conservative Democrats coming to us.

winning fall thinking

The 11 million, I think, are never going home, don't need to be sent home, and I would incorporate them into our society by giving them work visas and making them taxpayers.

home giving thinking

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

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

filibuster patriotic patriot

The First Amendment says keep government out of religion. It doesn't say keep religion out of government.

first-amendment government firsts

We need a revival in the country,” Paul said. “We need another Great Awakening with tent revivals of thousands of people saying, 'reform or see what's going to happen if we don't reform.'

reform country people

I think there's evil on both sides [of Syria], and I think that's one reason I don't want to be involved in civil war. I see things in personal terms. I just can't see sending one of my sons - or your son or daughter - to fight in a civil war, where on one side we have a dictator, who in all likelihood gassed his people.

daughter fighting war

I've had an interest in politics since I was a little kid. by Rand Paul

I've had an interest in politics since I was a little kid.

little-kid littles kids

Perhaps it is time to be more careful what we ask government to do, and where we allow it to become part of our lives.

careful our-lives government

I don't think Edward Snowden deserves a death penalty or life in prison. I think that's inappropriate. I think that's why he fled, [because] that is what he faced.

technology party leadership

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

african-american government arguing

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

cutting giving needs