--- title: "7 Balanced Quotes By Rand Paul" description: "7 Balanced quotes by Rand Paul. Plus more from Rand Paul and more Balanced sayings from other authors." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/f0e/rand-paul-606_balance_if-you-force-legislators-to-balance-at-t_507237.jpg" --- > [If you force legislators to balance, at the end of the day, if it has to be balanced, then they step up…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/rand-paul/if-you-force-legislators-to-balance-at-the-end-of-the-day-if-it-has/) [Rand Paul](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/rand-paul/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/f0e/rand-paul-606_balance_if-you-force-legislators-to-balance-at-t_507237.jpg) > [I think we have a Tea Party mandate, and that Tea Party mandate is for good-government type of things, things like term…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/rand-paul/i-think-we-have-a-tea-party-mandate-and-that-tea-party-mandate-is-for/) [Rand Paul](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/rand-paul/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/011/rand-paul-606_amendments_i-think-we-have-a-tea-party-mandate-and_643573.jpg) > [If congress refuses to obey its own rules. If congress refuses to pass a balanced budget. If congress refuses to read the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/rand-paul/if-congress-refuses-to-obey-its-own-rules-if-congress-refuses-to-pass/) [Rand Paul](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/rand-paul/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/cb5/rand-paul-606_balanced_if-congress-refuses-to-obey-its-own-rule_734233.jpg) > [The current budget that the Republicans are looking at never balances. How can that be fiscally responsible? And how can we look…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/rand-paul/the-current-budget-that-the-republicans-are-looking-at-never-balances/) [Rand Paul](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/rand-paul/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/6c8/rand-paul-606_balance_the-current-budget-that-the-republicans_992577.jpg) > [The Republican promise is for policies that create economic growth. Republicans believe lower taxes, less regulation, balanced budgets, a solvent Social Security…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/rand-paul/the-republican-promise-is-for-policies-that-create-economic-growth/) [Rand Paul](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/rand-paul/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/d98/rand-paul-606_balanced_the-republican-promise-is-for-policies-t_1171130.jpg) > [I'm a different kind of Republican. I've introduced a five-year balanced budget. I've introduced the largest tax cut in our history. I…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/rand-paul/i-m-a-different-kind-of-republican-i-ve-introduced-a-five-year/) [Rand Paul](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/rand-paul/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/b73/rand-paul-606_balanced_i-m-a-different-kind-of-republican-i-ve_2816609.jpg) > [We're for the balanced budget amendment and yet the budget we're going to introduce, that we're going to repeal Obamacare with never…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/rand-paul/we-re-for-the-balanced-budget-amendment-and-yet-the-budget-we-re/) [Rand Paul](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/rand-paul/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/f7c/rand-paul-606_amendments_we-re-for-the-balanced-budget-amendment_2967831.jpg) ## Other authors on Balanced ## More by Rand Paul > [I have a question, a question for the president: Do you hate all rich people, or just rich people who don't contribute to your…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/rand-paul/i-have-a-question-a-question-for-the-president-do-you-hate-all-rich/) [Rand Paul](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/rand-paul/) > [I am encouraged President Obama now says he will fulfill his constitutional obligation to seek authorization for any potential military action in Syria. This…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/rand-paul/i-am-encouraged-president-obama-now-says-he-will-fulfill-his/) [Rand Paul](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/rand-paul/) > [I can tell you who's planning terroris attacks. The leaders of ISIL. And I can tell you where they're at. They're in Raqqa, Syria.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/rand-paul/i-can-tell-you-who-s-planning-terroris-attacks-the-leaders-of-isil/) [Rand Paul](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/rand-paul/) > [There comes a time, in the history of Nations when fear and forgetfulness cause a nation to hesitate, to waver and perhaps even to…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/rand-paul/there-comes-a-time-in-the-history-of-nations-when-fear-and/) [Rand Paul](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/rand-paul/) > [As long as I sit at Henry Clay's desk, I will remember his lifelong desire to forge agreement, but I will also keep close…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/rand-paul/as-long-as-i-sit-at-henry-clay-s-desk-i-will-remember-his-lifelong/) [Rand Paul](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/rand-paul/) > [I believe people ought to be treated fairly under the law. I see no reason why if the marriage contract conveys certain things that…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/rand-paul/i-believe-people-ought-to-be-treated-fairly-under-the-law-i-see-no/) [Rand Paul](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/rand-paul/) > [I think that, most importantly, when I see issues of war, I see them in a personal vein, and I am reluctant to go…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/rand-paul/i-think-that-most-importantly-when-i-see-issues-of-war-i-see-them-in/) [Rand Paul](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/rand-paul/) > [I would have handled it differently than the mayor of Baltimore, that's for sure. I think it's a mistake to say, hey, guys, you…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/rand-paul/i-would-have-handled-it-differently-than-the-mayor-of-baltimore-that/) [Rand Paul](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/rand-paul/) > [We have to think before we act.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/rand-paul/we-have-to-think-before-we-act/) [Rand Paul](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/rand-paul/) > [I would introduce and support legislation to send Roe v. Wade back to the states.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/rand-paul/i-would-introduce-and-support-legislation-to-send-roe-v-wade-back-to/) [Rand Paul](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/rand-paul/) > [President Obama, I think, wanted what was best for the country, but I think it didn't work well. I think we have the death…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/rand-paul/president-obama-i-think-wanted-what-was-best-for-the-country-but-i/) [Rand Paul](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/rand-paul/) > [I think it's a mistake to downgrade and say surveillance is no big deal. It is a huge deal that we are collecting millions…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/rand-paul/i-think-it-s-a-mistake-to-downgrade-and-say-surveillance-is-no-big/) [Rand Paul](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/rand-paul/) > [We need a revival in the country,” Paul said. “We need another Great Awakening with tent revivals of thousands of people saying, 'reform or…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/rand-paul/we-need-a-revival-in-the-country-paul-said-we-need-another-great/) [Rand Paul](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/rand-paul/) > [We do not project power from bankruptcy court. We're borrowing a million dollars a minute.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/rand-paul/we-do-not-project-power-from-bankruptcy-court-we-re-borrowing-a/) [Rand Paul](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/rand-paul/) > [I can use most of the tools that every American teenager can master. Maybe not all of them.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/rand-paul/i-can-use-most-of-the-tools-that-every-american-teenager-can-master/) [Rand Paul](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/rand-paul/) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/balanced/rand-paul/#itemlist", "name": "7 Balanced Quotes By Rand Paul", "numberOfItems": 7, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "If you force legislators to balance, at the end of the day, if it has to be balanced, then they step up and they become legislators and can find out where to cut.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Rand Paul" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/rand-paul/if-you-force-legislators-to-balance-at-the-end-of-the-day-if-it-has/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/f0e/rand-paul-606_balance_if-you-force-legislators-to-balance-at-t_507237.jpg", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/f0e/rand-paul-606_balance_if-you-force-legislators-to-balance-at-t_507237.jpg", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/f0e/rand-paul-606_balance_if-you-force-legislators-to-balance-at-t_507237.jpg", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“If you force legislators to balance, at the end of the day, if it has to be balanced, then they step up and…” — Rand Paul", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 2, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "I think we have a Tea Party mandate, and that Tea Party mandate is for good-government type of things, things like term limits, things like a balanced budget amendment, things like read the bills for goodness sakes, things like that maybe Congress should only pass legislation that they apply to themselves as well.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Rand Paul" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/rand-paul/i-think-we-have-a-tea-party-mandate-and-that-tea-party-mandate-is-for/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/011/rand-paul-606_amendments_i-think-we-have-a-tea-party-mandate-and_643573.jpg", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/011/rand-paul-606_amendments_i-think-we-have-a-tea-party-mandate-and_643573.jpg", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/011/rand-paul-606_amendments_i-think-we-have-a-tea-party-mandate-and_643573.jpg", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“I think we have a Tea Party mandate, and that Tea Party mandate is for good-government type of things…” — Rand Paul", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 3, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "If congress refuses to obey its own rules. 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