#ra

Does the owner of the restaurant own his restaurant? Or does the government own his restaurant? ↗

— Rand Paul

#government #his #own #owner #restaurant

I would have voted 'no' on the Iraq war and 'yes' to Afghanistan. ↗

— Rand Paul

#i #iraq #iraq war #voted #war

In 1997, I, along with 200 other young ophthalmologists formed the National Board of Ophthalmology to protest the American Board of Ophthalmology's decision to grandfather in the older ophthalmologists and not require them to recertify. ↗

— Rand Paul

#american #board #decision #formed #grandfather

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

— Rand Paul

#become #children #doctors #grandfather #his

Republicans traditionally say, 'oh, we'll cut domestic spending, but we won't touch the military.' The liberals - the ones who are good - will say, 'oh, we'll cut the military, but we won't cut domestic spending.' ↗

— Rand Paul

#domestic #good #liberals #military #oh

The power to tax and spend is restricted by the enumerated powers. ↗

— Rand Paul

#power #powers #restricted #spend #tax

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

#concern #debt #democrats #doubled #government

Deficits mean future tax increases, pure and simple. Deficit spending should be viewed as a tax on future generations, and politicians who create deficits should be exposed as tax hikers. ↗

— Ron Paul

#deficit #deficit spending #deficits #exposed #future

I am absolutely opposed to a national ID card. This is a total contradiction of what a free society is all about. The purpose of government is to protect the secrecy and the privacy of all individuals, not the secrecy of government. We don't need a national ID card. ↗

— Ron Paul

#absolutely #am #card #contradiction #free

There is only one kind of freedom and that's individual liberty. Our lives come from our creator and our liberty comes from our creator. It has nothing to do with government granting it. ↗

— Ron Paul

#comes #creator #freedom #government #granting