Quote

Any time we give people the ability to use force, we have to be very careful. It's sort of like the people who spy on us - you've got to watch the watchers.

Rand Paul

Change background

T
T
T

Change font

TAGS & TOPICS

Rand Paul
Age: 61
Born: 1963
Born: January 7
Ophthalmologist
Physician
Politician
United States Senator
Pittsburg
Pennsylvania
Randal Howard Paul
Randal Howard Rand Paul
Give
Spy
Giving
Careful
Time
Watches
Like
Watch
People
Sort
Ability
Force
Use
Watchers

More quotes by Rand Paul

Image
I really think that discrimination and racism is a horrible thing. And I don't want any form of it in our government, in our public sphere.
Rand Paul
Image
John McCain is the guy that has advocated for war everywhere. He would bankrupt the nation.
Rand Paul
Image
We didn't create ISIS - ISIS created themselves, but we will stop them, and one of the ways we stop them is by not funding them, and not arming them.
Rand Paul
Image
2007 was a long time ago, and events do change over long periods of time.
Rand Paul
Image
The Democrats promised equalizing outcomes through unlimited federal assistance while Republicans offered something that seemed less tangible - the promise of equalizing opportunity through free markets.
Rand Paul
Image
I read all of Ayn Rand's novels when I was 17.
Rand Paul
Image
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.
Rand Paul
Image
How much liberty do with want to give up for a false sense of security?
Rand Paul
Image
For liberty to expand, government must shrink. For the economy to grow, government must get out of the way.
Rand Paul
Image
America's not the world's policeman. Terrible things happen across the globe and it is beyond our means to right every wrong. But when, with modest effort and risk, we can stop children from being gassed to death and thereby make our own children safer over the long run, I believe we should act.
Rand Paul
Image
To me, there is no greater threat than our debt. I'm the only fiscal conservative on the stage because I'm willing to hold the line on all spending.
Rand Paul
Image
I think we need to treat everybody with dignity.
Rand Paul
Image
Parents own the children, and it is an issue of freedom and public health.
Rand Paul
Image
I am running for president to return our country to the principles of liberty and limited government.
Rand Paul
Image
Washington is horribly broken. We are encountering a day of reckoning and this movement, this Tea Party movement, is a message to Washington that we're unhappy and that we want things done differently.
Rand Paul
Image
I think that, most importantly, when I see issues of war, I see them in a personal vein, and I am reluctant to go to war unless there's a real, valid American interest because I've seen the wounded soldiers.
Rand Paul
Image
Cut defense spending as part of cutting all federal spending.
Rand Paul
Image
When the government tries to invade the church to enforce its own opinion on [gay] marriage, that's when it's time to resist.
Rand Paul
Image
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.
Rand Paul
Image
If our freedom is taken, the American dream will wither and die.
Rand Paul