Opponents of civil liberties contend the NSA data collection has made our country more safe, but even the most vocal defenders of the program have failed to identify a single thwarted plot. – Rand Paul
I’m not questioning Dick Cheney’s motives. There’s a chance for a conflict of interest. At one point in time, he was opposed to going into Baghdad. Then he was out of office and involved in the defense industry, and then he became for going into Baghdad. – Rand Paul
I don’t think you should have everybody’s information from their bank. There should be some process: accusations and proof that you’ve committed a crime. – Rand Paul
I ran for office originally as part of this Tea Party Movement because we were upset with Republicans who’ve doubled the debt. We were upset with Republicans that bailed out the banks. – Rand Paul
The Republican platform specifically says we don’t believe in bailing out private business, and yet we did. – Rand Paul
If you refuse to acknowledge that there is any waste that can be culled from the military budget, you are a big-government conservative, and you cannot lay claim to balancing the budget. – Rand Paul
American inventiveness and the desire to build developed because we were guaranteed the right to own our success. – Rand Paul
Nobody should be sent indefinitely into detention; everybody should have their day in court. – Rand Paul
A free society will abide unofficial, private discrimination, even when that means allowing hate-filled groups to exclude people based on the color of their skin. – Rand Paul
Vladimir Putin’s invasion of Ukraine is a gross violation of that nation’s sovereignty and an affront to the international community. – Rand Paul
What gets lost is that the Republican Party has always been the party of civil rights and voting rights. – Rand Paul
Although I was born into the America that experiences and believes in opportunity, my trips to Ferguson, Detroit, Atlanta, and Chicago have revealed that there is an undercurrent of unease. – Rand Paul
I think what happened during the Great Depression was that African Americans understood that Republicans championed citizenship and voting rights but they became impatient for economic emancipation. – Rand Paul
If any Republican nominee wants to run on the idea that borrowing money and printing it up and sending it to foreign countries that often hate us and burn our flag and think it’s a good idea, feel free to run on that issue. But it’s not really popular with the people. – Rand Paul
The Hepatitis B vaccine is now given to newborns. We sometimes give five and six vaccines all at one time. – Rand Paul
I think that ISIS is a threat to our embassy, to our consulate, as well as potentially to the American people. – Rand Paul
I’m for immigration reform. I think the system’s horribly broken, and we need to do something about it. – Rand Paul
The most important thing you will do is yet to be seen. For me, I found my important thing to do when I learned to do surgery on the eye, when I learned to restore a person’s vision. – Rand Paul
Giving someone a one-time stimulus check, or a one-time tax cut that expires doesn’t allow the predictability that business needs. – Rand Paul
You need to have people within your own party that have the wherewithal to stand up to you. – Rand Paul
Income inequality is worse in towns run by Democrat mayors than in towns run by Republican mayors. – Rand Paul