Rand Paul
Rand Paul
Randal Howard "Rand" Paulis an American politician and physician. Since 2011, Paul has served in the United States Senate as a member of the Republican Party representing Kentucky. He is the son of former U.S. Representative Ron Paul of Texas...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionPolitician
Date of Birth7 January 1963
CountryUnited States of America
hate mean color
A free society will abide unofficial, private discrimination, even when that means allowing hate-filled groups to exclude people based on the color of their skin.
change long events
2007 was a long time ago, and events do change over long periods of time.
party rights voting
What gets lost is that the Republican Party has always been the party of civil rights and voting rights.
courage kings thinking
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.
black-and-white rights liberty
We must always embrace individual liberty and enforce the constitutional rights of all Americans-rich and poor, immigrant and native, black and white.
rights jim-crow-laws practice
Let me be clear: I support the Civil Rights Act because I overwhelmingly agree with the intent of the legislation, which was to stop discrimination in the public sphere and halt the abhorrent practice of segregation and Jim Crow laws.
taken thinking russia
I've thought for some time that the answer to a lot of problems in the Middle East, including Iran, include an active role with Russia. And I think, in some ways, we've taken show votes in the U.N. that are guaranteed to failure before we take them.
religious strong rights
Of strong importance to me is the defense of minority rights, not just racial minorities, but ideological and religious minorities.
office leader campaigns
These attacks prove one thing for certain: the liberal establishment is desperate to keep leaders like me out of office, and we are sure to hear more wild, dishonest smears during this campaign.
reality regulation debt
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.
party people too-much
Some people say I chastise the Republican Party too much.
party believe thinking
I think we can't be naive in dealing with the Russians or dealing with the Syrians. But at the same time, I think we could try to encourage - and I think this is what diplomacy should do - encourage the self-interests of all parties to believe that it is in their best interest to get evil actors or rogue actors such as Syria or Iran, if you try to have less belligerent and less bellicose behavior.
believe government rights
Because Republicans believe that the federal government is limited in its function-some have concluded that Republicans are somehow inherently insensitive to minority rights. Nothing could be further from the truth.
war iraq iraq-war
I would have voted 'no' on the Iraq war and 'yes' to Afghanistan.