I am running for president to return our country to the principles of liberty and limited government.
When you couple this militarization of law enforcement with an erosion of civil liberties and due process that allows the police to become judge and jury - national security letters, no-knock searches, broad general warrants, pre-conviction forfeiture - we begin to have a very serious problem on our hands.
There comes a time, there comes a time in the history of nations when fear and complacency allow power to accumulate and liberty and privacy to suffer. That time is now and I will not let the Patriot Act, the most unpatriotic of acts go unchallenged.
For liberty to expand, government must shrink. For the economy to grow, government must get out of the way.
The GOP of old has grown stale and moss-covered. I don't think we need to name any names, do we? Our party is encumbered by an inconsistent approach to freedom. The new GOP will need to embrace liberty in both the economic and the personal sphere.
And when the time is right, I hope that African Americans will again look to the party of emancipation, civil liberty, and individual freedom.
Some in Washington say that you have to trade your liberty for security.
Foreign aid goes from poor people in rich countries to rich people in poor countries.
We must always embrace individual liberty and enforce the constitutional rights of all Americans-rich and poor, immigrant and native, black and white.
The Bill of Rights existed long before President Obama was elected, and as long as I’m a U.S. Senator, I will fight to protect the basic rights and liberties that belong to all of us as American citizens.
We shouldn't be fearful of freedom, we shouldn't be fearful of individual liberty.
Fear & complacency allow power to accumulate & liberty & privacy to suffer
There comes a time, in the history of Nations when fear and forgetfulness cause a nation to hesitate, to waver and perhaps even to succumb. When that time comes those who love liberty must rise to the occasion. Will you? Will you lovers of liberty, will you rise to the occasion?
How much liberty do with want to give up for a false sense of security?
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