Rand Paul: “the modern-day limited government movement has been co-opted. The conservatives have failed in their effort to shrink…”

“the modern-day limited government movement has been co-opted. The conservatives have failed in their effort to shrink the size of government. There has not been, nor will there soon be, a conservative revolution in Washington. Party control of the Federal Government has changed, but the inexorable growth in the size and scope of government has continued unabated. The liberal arguments for limited government in personal affairs and foreign military adventurism were never seriously considered as part of this revolution. Since the change of the political party in charge has not made a difference, who is really in charge? If the particular party in power makes little difference, whose policy is it that permits expanded government programs, increased spending, huge deficits, nation-building, and the pervasive invasion of our privacy with fewer fourth amendment protections than ever before? Someone is responsible, and it is important for those of us who love liberty and resent Big Brother government to identify the philosophic supporters who have the most to say about the direction our country is going. If they are wrong, and I believe they are, we need to show it, alert the American people, and offer a more positive approach to government. However, this depends on whether the American people desire to live in a free society and reject the dangerous notion that we need a strong central government to take care of us from cradle to grave.”