It seems to be what activated him and inspired him in recent elections has been gun control. So if he splits the Democrat vote, those for gun control, that might be good for Republicans. Rand Paul More Quotes by Rand Paul More Quotes From Rand Paul American inventiveness and the desire to build developed because we were guaranteed the right to own our success. Rand Paul inventivenessdesire I have allowed the president to pick his political appointees…But I will not sit quietly and let him shred the Constitution. Rand Paul constitutionpoliticalpresident I will tell , though, that Donald Trump got 70 percent in eastern Kentucky and I don't think it had anything to do with the Russian. He got 70 percent because in eastern Kentucky we didn't like what President [Barack] Obama or Hillary Clinton wanted to do to our coal jobs. It didn't have anything to do with the Russians. Rand Paul kentuckyjobsthinking Well, I think a handshake is something that honorable men do. Before we had contracts we had handshakes that expressed that we were making an arrangement that was based on our honor. And I don't think I can shake the hand of someone who shows and lacks honor by attacking a man's faith. Rand Paul menhandsthinking I will not vote to send my sons, or your sons, daughters, brothers, sisters or friends to fight for a stalemate. Rand Paul daughterfightingbrother If you hear me out, I believe you'll discover that what motivates me more than any other issue is the defense of everyone's rights. Rand Paul issuesrightsbelieve One of the things that came out of the campaign, as I recall, was a high ranking [Hillary's] Clinton official, I believe, sent their password via email. We also need to learn how to protect our own information. And I think that's important as well. Rand Paul importantbelievethinking My goal right now is to actually help Donald Trump. He's the Republican president. He's doing a lot of things that conservatives are for. I'm for. And so my goal is to help Kentucky by repealing regulations that are killing our coal industry. And I think on that, we're very much aligned. Rand Paul kentuckygoalthinking I will speak until I can no longer speak. I will speak as long as it takes, until the alarm is sounded from coast to coast that our Constitution is important, that your rights to trial by jury are precious, that no American should be killed by a drone on American soil without first being charged with a crime, without first being found to be guilty by a court. Rand Paul rightslawamerica If we believe [Obama] to be a good man who would never kill noncombatants in a cafe in Houston, sitting out in a sidewalk cafe, smoking - oh, that's right you're not allowed to smoke cigarettes anymore. Rand Paul smokingmenbelieve I think we need to get to the bottom of it. And I think there should be an investigation [of hackers attacks] because in order to defend ourselves against other adversarial countries, we have to protect our information. Rand Paul ordercountrythinking You either believe in the Constitution, or you don't. Rand Paul constitutionbelieve We are borrowing $40,000 per second. Rand Paul borrowing The U.S. should never get involved where we have no clear national interest. We should not intervene militarily in a country like Syria, where we can’t separate friend from foe and might end up arming the very people who hate us the most. Rand Paul hatecountrypeople I think we can't be naive in dealing with the Russians or dealing with the Syrians. But at the same time, I think we could try to encourage - and I think this is what diplomacy should do - encourage the self-interests of all parties to believe that it is in their best interest to get evil actors or rogue actors such as Syria or Iran, if you try to have less belligerent and less bellicose behavior. Rand Paul partybelievethinking I have a question, a question for the president: Do you hate all rich people, or just rich people who don't contribute to your campaign? Do you hate poor people or do you just hate poor people with jobs? Rand Paul hatejobspeople You wonder why your government's completely broken? We lurch from deadline to deadline, and it's on purpose really. We do deadline to deadline because ... 'we've got to go. It's spring break, we're going to be late for spring break, and we've got to go, so we've got to finish this up before we go.' Rand Paul nsagovernmentspring It's curious that only in Washington can you spend $2 billion and claim that you're saving money. Rand Paul curioussavingclaims There comes a time, there comes a time in the history of nations when fear and complacency allow power to accumulate and liberty and privacy to suffer. That time is now and I will not let the Patriot Act, the most unpatriotic of acts go unchallenged. Rand Paul complacencylibertysuffering Are you so afraid that you are willing to trade your freedom for security? Rand Paul your-freedomwillingtrade
