Rand Paul

We can’t just kill indiscriminately because we are not at war. It’s summary execution!

We don’t blow up boats off Miami because 25 percent of the time suspicion is wrong. We shouldn’t do it off Venezuela either.

I think that ultimately, there are a lot of questions on the nomination that the White House has to make a determination whether they think his nomination can get through, and we’re going to wait and hear from them what their thoughts are…

The Federal Reserve pays both foreign and domestic banks to simply park their money in Fed accounts--in other words, to not loan money at all. Over the past 5 years, the Fed's big bank bailout amounts to over half a trillion dollars. This…

The Republican proposal adds about $2 trillion in debt over the next year, so it'll be short $2 trillion. So, I oppose the Republican plan because it adds debt.

I have proposed a penny plan, which would cut a little bit across the board, and my plan would balance over about five years.

I think both sides have to look at the proposals for spending and decide, what is the best way forward for the country?

I think ultimately, what's going to happen... is, eventually, cities like Chicago and Portland are going to give up on Democrats, because their people are dying.

It's poor people in every city who is dying, and the cities have to step up on this.

I oppose the Republican plan because it adds debt. The Democrat plan would add $3 trillion in debt.

I think there is a role for the federal government.

I don't know that it's helpful to label groups, particularly since antifa, there are some real people in antifa, they're real violent people.

I think you lose the description as activists once you start wielding weapons, and you show up with helmets and you're breaking windows.

I think both the people in Portland and across America have to decide about this.

I think he has the legal authority to send troops to protect federal buildings and federal proceedings such as courts.

Absolutely inappropriate

The recent drone attack on a small speedboat over 2,000 miles from our shore without identification of the occupants or the content of the boat is in no way part of a declared war and defies our longstanding Coast Guard rules of engagement…

During my time in the Senate, I have been the foremost critic of drones being used on civilians, especially Americans.

JD ‘I don’t give a shit’ Vance says killing people he accuses of a crime is the ‘highest and best use of the military.’ Did he ever read To Kill a Mockingbird?

All the doubt over vaccines is – there might be some doubt coming from those who don't want you to take a vaccine, but quite a bit of doubt is coming from the establishment that I believe is authoritarian in nature.

Nobody's pressured me or ever called me on it. I sort of speak my mind. And these are long-standing beliefs for me.

I worry that the free market movement, the movement that was a big part of the Republican Party, is being diminished over time.

I think it’s a bad idea.

It’s always a mistake to say, ’Well we have this one bad policy, all right, we’ll tolerate a little socialism, but we don’t want anymore.

He should have never had a position in government. And he brags about his lifestyle, you know, this whole idea of bondage and, you know, multiple partners and all that stuff.