Quotes about country
country home people
It is time Australian Muslims stop being treated as negotiable citizens in their own country. It is time people stop 'tolerating' us, presuming some right to decide if we have a place in our own home. Randa Abdel-Fattah
country tired play
I'll tell you what a weakness is of this country [the USA]: there are a lot of people who are sick and tired because Washington does not play by the same rules that the American people have to play by. Rand Paul
country people said
We have 11 million people said to be in our country illegally. Forty percent of them are said to have overstayed their visa. Do we know where they are? Rand Paul
country thinking flags
I think we ought to quit sending [help] to countries that burn our flag. Rand Paul
country should-have rights
People who want to come to this country don't have constitutional rights. Once they get here, they do. But coming here is not a constitutional right. So with do, as a nation, have the ability and should have the ability to decide who comes here and when they come here. Rand Paul
country legislation right-now
I've introduced legislation to say, "For right now, let's stop it," from about 34 countries. Rand Paul
country fashion phones
The government has investigated our program of collecting through a generalized fashion, everyone's phone records in the country. And they found that no terrorist case has been thwarted through this. Rand Paul
country mistake thinking
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 can pillage the city for a while and we'll let that go, and we'll be sort of standing back. I think it's also important to know some of the underlying causes of why there's unease in our country. Rand Paul
country southern needs
We still need to secure our southern border. The other thing I would say is we need to secure who visits us in the country. Rand Paul
country thinking nsa
We have to decide whether our fear is going to get the better of us. Once upon a time we had a standard in our country that was 'innocent until proven guilty.' We've given up on so much. Now, people are talking about a standard that is 'if you have nothing to hide, you have nothing to fear.' Think about it. Is that the standard we're willing to live under? Rand Paul
country pennies flags
I say not one penny more to countries that are burning our flag. Rand Paul
country thinking adequate
I don't think we're doing an adequate vetting process of those who are coming to our country. Rand Paul
country winning suits
The problem is that in our country, they make it almost impossible for politicians to win anything. In England it's easier to win a libel suit. Rand Paul
country fun fighting
Join us in the fight to defeat the Washington machine. It’s fun and easy to get started. You can make a difference and change the direction of our country! Join today. Rand Paul
country envy people
You campaigned against rich people and you got enough envy whipped up in the country and you're gonna get 'em. You're gonna stick it to those rich people. But guess what? You may not get anymore revenue. You may not get anymore economic growth. But you can say, 'I stuck it to the rich people.' Rand Paul
country jim-crow-laws government
The history of African-American repression in this country rose from government-sanctioned racism. Jim Crow laws were a product of bigoted state and local governments. Rand Paul
country hate military
I hate that Mosul is falling, but I also think that for 10 years we have supplied the Iraqis and they can't stand up and do anything to defend their country, and it is all up to us? Rand Paul
country baby thinking
I'm not opposed to letting people work and labor in our country, but we shouldn't provide an easy route to citizenship. We're the only country I know of where a person can come in illegally and that baby becomes a citizen and I think that should stop also. Rand Paul
country people needs
We need a revival in the country,” Paul said. “We need another Great Awakening with tent revivals of thousands of people saying, 'reform or see what's going to happen if we don't reform.' Rand Paul
country rich-countries people
Foreign aid goes from poor people in rich countries to rich people in poor countries. Rand Paul
country dream grandfather
My great-grandfather, like many, came to this country in search of the American dream. Rand Paul
country taken home
What my bill would do would be only for refugees going forward. So I haven't taken a position on sending anyone home. But I have taken the position that we have a lot of problems here in our country. And that one of the things that we do - charity is about giving your own money. Charity isn't giving someone else's money. Rand Paul
country hate taken
I've put pencil to paper and I've said I would cut spending, and I've said exactly where. Each one of my budgets has taken a meat axe to foreign aid, because I think we ought to quit sending it to countries that hate us. Rand Paul
country hate people
The U.S. should never get involved where we have no clear national interest. We should not intervene militarily in a country like Syria, where we can’t separate friend from foe and might end up arming the very people who hate us the most. Rand Paul
country military numbers
I've been to many countries and watched a number of conflicts or their residue, and I've served in the military. Ralph Peters
country rights giving
More than ever I'm proud to be an American, to live in a country that respects the rights of all to marry whomever they love. The Supreme Court decision gives new meaning to the freedoms we cherish. Ralph Lauren
country safety justice
When do corporations begin to lose their credibility? They fought Social Security, Medicare, auto safety. They fought every social justice movement in this country. Ralph Nader
country looks nostalgia
Things have gotten so bad in this country, you look back at Richard Nixon with nostalgia. Ralph Nader
country powerful dignity
This country has been strip-mined by rich and powerful interests. If you dont like what they're doing, don't just sit there. Vote them out. Ralph Nader
country educational years
We have the most prolonged adolescence in the history of mankind. There is no other society that requires so many years to pass before people are grown up ... Adolescence is nurtured and prolonged by educational processes and by industry that has found a bonanza in embracing the adolescent population and fortifying 'adolescent values.' This prolongation of adolescence robs the country of the population group having the most risk takers, and the highest ideals. Ralph Nader
country sea land
If it is unpatriotic to tear down the flag, which is a symbol of the country, why isn't it more unpatriotic to desecrate the country itself-to pollute, despoil and ravage the air, land and sea. Ralph Nader
country gay regulation
We've got to get rid of this discrimination, this chilling, this bigotry toward gays and lesbians that are reflected in literally hundreds and hundreds of statutes and regulations in this country. Ralph Nader
country government water
Water is the most precious, limited natural resource we have in this country...But because water belongs to no one - except the people - special interests, including government polluters, use it as their private sewers. Ralph Nader