Rand Paul America Quotations

Is Donald Trump a serious candidate? The reason I ask this is, if you're going to close the Internet, realize, America, what that entails. That entails getting rid of the First amendment, ok? It's no small feat.

The question is, how do we keep America safe from terrorism? [Donald]Trump says we ought to close that Internet thing. The question really is, what does he mean by that? Like they do in North Korea? Like they do in China?

I think there's a racial outcome to a lot of what goes in America, but I don't think race is always the reason.

As commander-in-chief, I will do whatever it takes to defend America. But in defending America, we cannot lose what America stands for.

If you are going to kill the families of terrorists, realize that there's something called the Geneva Convention we're going to have to pull out of. It would defy every norm that is America.

I'm the leading voice in America for not arming the allies of ISIS.

It is impossible for African-Americans not to feel like their government is particularly targeting them.

I've been accused of wanting to allow terrorists to have weapons to attack America.

America is a world leader, but we should not be its policeman or ATM.

People say America is exceptional. I agree, but it's not the complexion of our skin or the twists in our DNA that make us unique. America is exceptional because we were founded upon the notion that everyone should be free to pursue life, liberty, and happiness.

Although I was born into the America that experiences and believes in opportunity, my trips to Ferguson, Detroit, Atlanta, and Chicago have revealed that there is an undercurrent of unease.

To understand how Republicans lost the African American vote, we must first understand how we won the African American vote.

Let's start that conversation by acknowledging we aren't going to deport 12 million illegal immigrants. If you wish to work, if you wish to live and work in America, then we will find a place for you.

I would argue that the objective evidence shows that big government is not a friend to African Americans.

The Paris attack was highly sophisticated, well-planned, very clever, took months in the making, very much like 9/11. And there is a 9/11-style attack coming to America.

And when the time is right, I hope that African Americans will again look to the party of emancipation, civil liberty, and individual freedom.

What America needs is not Robin Hood but Adam Smith.

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