It's hard to determine who is moderate and who is not moderate, it's a very messy situation to people on both sides of that civil war who aren't necessarily our friends. Rand Paul More Quotes by Rand Paul More Quotes From Rand Paul I'll tell you what a weakness is of this country [the USA]: there are a lot of people who are sick and tired because Washington does not play by the same rules that the American people have to play by. Rand Paul usatiredcountry My belief has always been that national defense is the most important thing we do, but we shouldn't borrow to pay for it. Rand Paul defenseimportantpay What most Americans don't realize is there is an unholy alliance. They come together. There's a secret handshake. We spend more money on everything. And we are not stronger nation if we go further into debt. We are not projecting power from bankruptcy court. Rand Paul strongersecrettogether I support local solutions to illegal immigration as protected by the 10th amendment. I support making English the official language of all documents and contracts. Rand Paul immigrationsupportlanguage On the Gang of Eight bill, there was no provisions really for extra scrutiny or safety for refugees. At the time the bill came up, two Iraqi refugees came to my home town, Bowling Green, Kentucky. Their fingerprints were on a bomb from Iraq. They were in the database, but we didn't pick them up. Rand Paul iraqhometwo I don't like the idea of telling private business owners. I abhor racism. I think it's a bad business decision to ever exclude anybody from your restaurant. But at the same time I do believe in private ownership. I think there should be absolutely no discrimination in anything that gets public funding. Rand Paul believeideasthinking Congress shall pass no law that exempts themselves! Rand Paul congresslaw In a free society we will tolerate boorish people, who have abhorrent behavior, but if we're civilized people we publicly criticize that and don't belong to those groups or associate with those people. Rand Paul abhorrentgroupspeople Well, let's be clear, I'm the only one on the stage who actually has a five-year budget that balances. Rand Paul stagebalanceyears I do not yet know if I will find a Romney presidency more acceptable on foreign policy. But I do know that I must oppose the most recent statements made by Mitt Romney in which he says he, as president, could take us to war unilaterally with Iran, without any approval from Congress. Rand Paul iranpresidentwar I say the phone records of law abiding citizens are none of their damn business! Rand Paul abidingphoneslaw What I don't like from the president's administration is this sort of, 'I'll put my boot heel on the throat of BP.' I think that sounds really un-American in his criticism of business. And I think it's part of this sort of blame-game society in the sense that it's always got to be someone's fault instead of the fact that sometimes accidents happen. Rand Paul criticismgamesthinking There was a conservative consensus for an amendment I put forward called Trust, But Verify that would have strengthened border security on both refugees, students and those coming here. And Marco sided and I guess was more sympathetic to Chuck Schumer and to the president than he was to conservative principles. Rand Paul bordersprinciplespresident I don't think I'm really open to having Washington change me. Rand Paul thinking There comes a time, in the history of Nations when fear and forgetfulness cause a nation to hesitate, to waver and perhaps even to succumb. When that time comes those who love liberty must rise to the occasion. Will you? Will you lovers of liberty, will you rise to the occasion? Rand Paul libertycauseslovers We need to be fearful of companies that get so big that they can actually be directing policy. Rand Paul companybigsneeds What my bill would do would be only for refugees going forward. So I haven't taken a position on sending anyone home. But I have taken the position that we have a lot of problems here in our country. And that one of the things that we do - charity is about giving your own money. Charity isn't giving someone else's money. Rand Paul takenhomecountry We have to think before we act. Rand Paul thinking I'm not in favor of any discrimination of any form. Rand Paul discriminationfavorsform I need to be very careful about going on certain networks that seem to have a bias. Rand Paul biascertainneeds
