Quotes by Rand Paul

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

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.

We should not have the U.S. government buying stock in American industries - the financial industry or any other industry.

We don't need bigger government. We need to shrink the size of government.

The great and abiding lesson of American history, particularly the cold war, is that the engine of capitalism, the individual, is mightier than any collective.

For most of our history, no one dared to tell Americans, 'you don't build that.'

You can't have it both ways. You can't tell me that you're taxed enough already, and that you want constitutional government and then in the next breath say, 'Bring me home some bacon.' The pig has been picked clean.

I've had an interest in politics since I was a little kid.

You don't go into politics unless you want to win.

I believe we should work to end all racism in American society and staunchly defend the inherent rights of every person.