Quotes By Rand Paul

I don't plan on being bashful.

The Republican Party is an empty vessel unless we imbue it with values.

I think that most manufacturing and mining should be under the purview of state authorities.

I would have voted 'no' on the Iraq war and 'yes' to Afghanistan.

I believe we should work to end all racism in American society and staunchly defend the inherent rights of every person.

I don't think I'm really open to having Washington change me.

Let's means-test benefits - let's means-test Social Security and Medicare and make the rich pay more for these benefits.

My great-grandfather, like many, came to this country in search of the American dream.

We should not have the U.S. government buying stock in American industries - the financial industry or any other industry.

The problem is that in our country, they make it almost impossible for politicians to win anything. In England it's easier to win a libel suit.

What I say is, national defense is the most important thing we do in Washington, but there's still waste in the military budget.

I'm not in favor of any discrimination of any form.

Some people say I chastise the Republican Party too much.

American inventiveness and the desire to build developed because we were guaranteed the right to own our success.

Just because a couple people on the Supreme Court declare something to be 'constitutional' does not make it so.

You don't go into politics unless you want to win.

In 1997, I, along with 200 other young ophthalmologists formed the National Board of Ophthalmology to protest the American Board of Ophthalmology's decision to grandfather in the older ophthalmologists and not require them to recertify.

Everybody is looking for an election where they can do something and participate.

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?

You know, when Republicans were in charge, we doubled the debt. But, now, our concern is the Democrats are in charge and they're tripling the debt. So, really, our concern is that we want smaller government.

Do you hate poor people or do you just hate poor people with jobs?

People don't like to vote against something that's so incredibly popular.

Both sides of the aisle - Republican and Democrat - have been unwilling and afraid to address the deficit, and someone's got to.

I tell people I won't vote to go to war unless I'm ready to go or send my kids.

I'm the third of five children.

What I've always said is that I'm opposed to institutional racism, and I would've, had I've 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.

I need to be very careful about going on certain networks that seem to have a bias.

I think if you have a two-story office and you hire someone who's 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.

If our freedom is taken, the American dream will wither and die.

A Tea Party tidal wave is coming.