647 Quotes by Rand Paul

I will continue to fight for legislation that forces Congress to read the bills! I will fight for a vote on my bill that calls for a waiting period for each page of legislation. I will continue to object when Congress sticks special interest riders on bills in the dead of night! And if Congress refuses to obey its own rules, if Congress refuses to pass a budget, if Congress refuses to read the bills, then I say: Sweep the place clean. Limit their terms and send them home!

Al Qaeda has been placed on the run, but not destroyed.

We need to notice and be aware of the injustices embedded in our criminal system.

We have Islamic rebels [in Syria] who've been eating the hearts or organs of their enemies. We have priests that have been killed. We have Christian villages that have been razed by Islamic rebels. We have Islamic rebels who say they don't recognize Israel and would just as soon attack Israel as [Bashar] Assad. So really, I see no clear-cut American interest, and I'm afraid that sometimes things unravel, and the situation could become less stable and not more stable.

I think this sets a very bad precedent, the president unilaterally on his own starting war without any consent from Congress.

We need to be fearful of companies that get so big that they can actually be directing policy.

Let's overwhelm the Castro regime with iPhones, iPads, American cars and American ingenuity.

I think we defeat terrorism by showing them that we do not fear them.

[I]f you think you have the right to health care, you are saying basically that I am your slave. I provide health care. ... My staff and technicians provide it. ... If you have a right to health care, then you have a right to their labor.