Quotes from Rand Paul

This whole sort of 'war on women' sort of thing, I'm scratching my head because if there was a war on women, I think they won.

We should understand the limitations of war. We should understand the sacrifices our young men and women go through losing lives and limbs. And they should only do it for the highest of purposes.

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

I read all of Ayn Rand's novels when I was 17.

Even under Obamacare, there are people that get subsidized insurance. But that has a $6,000 deductible. What do you think they do with that $6,000 deductible? They are still a nonpayer.

What ObamaCare did was take some of the things we did for the poor and expanded the government to basically the whole marketplace.

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.

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

If you have 'too big to fail' for cities or for states, and they believe they'll be bailed out, they'll continue to make unwise decisions.

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.

I'm a different kind of Republican. I've introduced a five-year balanced budget. I've introduced the largest tax cut in our history. I stood for ten and a half hours on the Senate floor to defend your right to be left alone.

Stop spending money you don't have.

I have a biology degree, okay?

We could try freedom for a while. We had it for a long time. That's where you sell something, and I agree to buy it because I like it. That is how we operate in most of rest of the marketplace other than health care.

I think public awareness of how good vaccines are for kids and how they are good for public health is a great idea.

The Hepatitis B vaccine is now given to newborns. We sometimes give five and six vaccines all at one time.

The realization is dawning that government doesn't work. In Silicon Valley, they already get this. And they are bright enough to be asking what we can do to solve problems.

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

If I had been in President Obama's shoes, I would have acted more decisively and strongly against ISIS.

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.

In America, as opposed to the old country, success was based on merit.

Evil can and is overcome every minute of every day.

Foreign aid is not something the vast majority of Americans support, but definitely not conservatives.

We all either work for rich people or we sell stuff to rich people, so just punishing rich people is as bad for the economy as punishing anyone. Let's not punish anyone.