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“I have allowed the president to pick his political appointees…But I will not sit quietly and let him shred the Constitution.” quote by Rand Paul — Download Open image

“I have allowed the president to pick his political appointees…But I will not sit quietly and let him shred the Constitution.”

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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…

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I believe people ought to be treated fairly under the law. I see no reason why if the marriage contract conveys certain things that if you want to marry another woman that you can do that and have a contract. But the thing is is the religious connotation of marriage that has been going on for thousands of years, I…

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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…

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We have to think before we act.

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I would introduce and support legislation to send Roe v. Wade back to the states.

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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 spiral, and I think particularly premiums in the individual market are going through the roof. Republicans want what's best for the country, but I think they're not fixing the death spiral of Obamacare. They're going to…

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“I am apprehensive, Sir, that in the warmth of my feelings, I may have uttered expressions, which were too vehement. If such has been my language, it was from the habit of using strong phrases to express my ideas; and, above all, from the interesting nature of the subject. I have ever condemned those cold, unfeeling hearts, which no object…

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