Rand Paul Quotes About War

Quotes about: War

• 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.

  Rand Paul

  War, Abiding, Lessons

  Rand Paul's Speech at the Republican National Convention in Tampa, Forida, www.washingtonpost.com. August 29, 2012.

• I do not yet know if I will find a Romney presidency more acceptable on foreign policy. But I do know that I must oppose the most recent statements made by Mitt Romney in which he says he, as president, could take us to war unilaterally with Iran, without any approval from Congress.

  Rand Paul

  War, Iran, President

• I would have voted 'no' on the Iraq war and 'yes' to Afghanistan.

  Rand Paul

  War, Iraq, Afghanistan

• This whole sort of 'war on women' sort of thing, I'm scratching my head because if there was a war on women, I think they won.

  Rand Paul

  War, Thinking, Whole

• I think there's evil on both sides [of Syria], and I think that's one reason I don't want to be involved in civil war. I see things in personal terms. I just can't see sending one of my sons - or your son or daughter - to fight in a civil war, where on one side we have a dictator, who in all likelihood gassed his people.

  Rand Paul

  Daughter, War, Fighting

  Source: www.wbur.org

• I don't know about [Rex] Tillerson, but I do know that John Bolton doesn't get it. He still believes in regime change. He's still a big cheerleader for the Iraq war. He's promoted a nuclear attack by Israel on Iran. He wants to do regime change in Iran. So, I think John Bolton is so far out of it and has such a naive understanding of the world. If he were to be the assistant or the undersecretary for Tillerson, I'm an out automatic no on Bolton.

  Rand Paul

  War, Believe, Thinking

  Source: abcnews.go.com

• You can be strong without being involved in every single civil war around the world.

  Rand Paul

  Strong, War, World

• The question's whether or not there's an American interest in the Civil War [in Syria]. The question is whether or not a military strike on [Bashar] Assad will cause him to be encouraged to use more weapons or discouraged. It's easy enough to say - and the president [Barack Obama] says though this will teach him a lesson - but his military strike is intended not to target him individually, not to bring about regime change.

  Rand Paul

  Military, War, President

• John McCain's complaint is we're either not at war somewhere, or if we're at war, we leave too soon. So we're not there soon enough, and he wants us to stay forever wherever we send troops.

  Rand Paul

  War, Soon Enough, Forever

  Source: abcnews.go.com

• We need to get insurance out of the way and let the consumer interact with their doctor the way they did basically before World War II.

  Rand Paul

  War, Doctors, Needs

• I tell people I won't vote to go to war unless I'm ready to go or send my kids.

  Rand Paul

  War, Kids, People

• Secretary [John] Kerry has called Civil War [in Syria] an unbelievably small war that we're going to get involved with.

  Rand Paul

  War, John Kerry, Syria

  Source: www.wbur.org

• John McCain is the guy that has advocated for war everywhere. He would bankrupt the nation.

  Rand Paul

  War, Guy, Mccain

  Source: abcnews.go.com

• The main thing I say on war is that we need to obey the law and formally declare war.

  Rand Paul

  War, Law, Needs

• I don't think he fully analyzes the situation. If you destabilize [Bashar] Assad and punish Assad, you do embolden terrorists. You embolden al-Qaida because al-Qaida is on the other side of this war. So, one side wins if you destabilize the other side. So, he will be emboldening al-Qaida and the Islamic rebels. And I'm not so sure they're better than Assad.

  Rand Paul

  War, Islamic, Thinking

• Actually we're very lucky John McCain is not in charge because I think we would be in perpetual war.

  Rand Paul

  War, Thinking, Would Be

  Source: abcnews.go.com

• I think this sets a very bad precedent, the president unilaterally on his own starting war without any consent from Congress.

  Rand Paul

  War, Thinking, President

  "The Last Word" with Lawrence O'Donnell, www.today.com. March 30, 2011.

• I think that if you believe in regime change, you're mistaken. In 2013, we put 600 tons of weapons - us, Saudi Arabia, and Qatar - into the war against [Bashar] Assad. By pushing Assad back, we did create a safe space.

  Rand Paul

  War, Believe, Thinking

  Source: cnnpressroom.blogs.cnn.com

• I think that, most importantly, when I see issues of war, I see them in a personal vein, and I am reluctant to go to war unless there's a real, valid American interest because I've seen the wounded soldiers.

  Rand Paul

  Real, War, Thinking

  "Rand Paul On Syria: 'I Think There's Evil On Both Sides'". "Tell Me More" with Michel Martin, www.npr.org. September 11, 2013.

• I think the problem with John Bolton is he disagrees with President Trump's foreign policy. He would be closer to John McCain's foreign policy. John Bolton still believes the Iraq war was a good idea. He still believes that regime change is a good idea. He still believes that nation-building is a good idea.

  Rand Paul

  War, Believe, Thinking

  Source: abcnews.go.com

• The coarsening of our culture towards violent death has more consequences than war. Tragically, this same culture has led to the death of 50 million unborn children in the last 40 years. I don't think a civilization can long endure that does not have respect for all human life, born and not yet born. I believe there will come a time when we are all judged on whether or not we took a stand in defense of all life from the moment of conception until our last natural breath.

  Rand Paul

  Children, War, Believe

• There is often variations of evil on both sides of the war. What we have to decide is whether or not regime change is a good idea. It's what the neoconservatives have wanted. It's what the vast majority of those on the stage want.

  Rand Paul

  War, Ideas, Evil

  Source: cnnpressroom.blogs.cnn.com

• We should understand the limitations of war. We should understand the sacrifices our young men and women go through losing lives and limbs. And they should only do it for the highest of purposes.

  Rand Paul

  War, Sacrifice, Men

  "Rand Paul On Syria: 'I Think There's Evil On Both Sides'". "Tell Me More" with Michel Martin, www.npr.org. September 11, 2013.

• I think that there is a bipartisan consensus that's incorrect that we should have the whole world be in NATO. For example, if we had Ukraine and Georgia in NATO - and this is something McCain and the other neocons have advocated for - we would be at war now because Russia has invaded both of them.

  Rand Paul

  War, Thinking, Russia

  Source: www.realclearpolitics.com

• In battle, combatants engaged in war against America get no due process and may lawfully be killed. But citizens not in a battlefield - however despicable - are guaranteed a trial by our Constitution. No one argues that Americans who commit treason shouldn't be punished. The maximum penalty for treason is death. But the Constitution specifies the process necessary to convict.

  Rand Paul

  Father, War, Technology

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