Quotes from Rand Paul

I love the Mexican people; I respect the Mexican leaders - but the leaders are much sharper, smarter and more cunning than our [American] leaders.

Some Libertarians argue that Western occupation fans the flames of radical Islam; I agree. But I don't agree that, absent Western occupation, that radical Islam 'goes quietly into that good night.'

I've gone to Detroit. I've been to Ferguson; I've been to Baltimore, because I want our party to be bigger, better and bolder, and I'm the only one that leads Hillary Clinton in five states that were won by President Obama. I'm a different kind of Republican.

Nobody should be sent indefinitely into detention; everybody should have their day in court.

Using taxes to punish the rich, in reality, punishes everyone because we are all interconnected. High taxes and excessive regulation and massive debt are not working.

The Republican promise is for policies that create economic growth. Republicans believe lower taxes, less regulation, balanced budgets, a solvent Social Security and Medicare will stimulate economic growth.

My tax cut would cut hundreds of billions of dollars. So to do it, you have to be willing to cut spending, too. But if you were to cut hundreds of billions of dollars in taxes, that money's left in communities.

The Palestinian Authority gets money from the American taxpayer.

I have a message from the Tea Party, a message that is loud and clear and does not mince words. We've come to take our government back.

You campaigned against rich people and you got enough envy whipped up in the country and you're gonna get 'em. You're gonna stick it to those rich people. But guess what? You may not get anymore revenue. You may not get anymore economic growth. But you can say, 'I stuck it to the rich people.'

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.

No Republican questions or disputes civil rights. I have never wavered in my support for civil rights or the civil rights act.

The sacrifice of our personal liberty for security is and will forever be a false choice.

I think the over-militarization of local police forces is also true of the over-militarization of the federal government, so I don't really run and hide from the comment that I think there are 48 federal agencies that have SWAT teams.

If I had been told to get out of the street as a teenager, there would have been a distinct possibility that I might have smarted off. But, I wouldn't have expected to be shot.

My grandfather would live to see his children become doctors and ministers, accounts and professors.

I don't program or code or anything like that.

You don't set up an implicit promise from the federal government that everybody is getting bailed out.

What America needs is not just another politician or more promises. What America needs is a revival.

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.

The real debate is, when does life begin? When life begins, it deserves protection.

The Life at Conception Act legislatively declares what most Americans believe and what science has long known - that human life begins at the moment of conception and, therefore, is entitled to legal protection from that point forward.

I'm not in favor of any discrimination of any form.

You know, you look at term limits, you poll term limits, 70, 80 percent of Republicans or Democrats are for it.