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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.

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Rand Paul
Age: 61
Born: 1963
Born: January 7
Ophthalmologist
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United States Senator
Pittsburg
Pennsylvania
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The callous use of general warrants and the disregard for the Bill of Rights must end. Forcing us to choose between our rights and our safety is a false choice and we are better than that as a nation and as a people.
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Cut defense spending as part of cutting all federal spending.
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I call myself a constitutional conservative.
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Congress shall pass no law that exempts themselves!
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The source of the problem is in Syria. Raqqa is the headquarters of ISIL, which is a lethal terrorist organization, now army. If you don't go after them over there, they're going to hit us over here, and there's no substitute for that in my view.
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I've been accused of wanting to allow terrorists to have weapons to attack America.
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