Senator Paul at the Freedom Summit

Rand Paul M.D.
THANK YOU. THERE COMES A TIME IN THE HISTORY OF NATIONS WHEN A COUNTRY PASSES THE POINT OF NO RETURN. THAT TIME APPROACHES. THAT TIME IS NEAR. THE QUESTION REMAINS, WILL YOU BE SUNSHINE PATRIOTS? WILL YOU SHRINK AT THE FIRST SIGN OF PROBATION OR WILL YOU STAND LIKE MEN AND WOMEN OF COURAGE AND FIGHT FOR YOUR FREEDOM? WILL YOU? WILL YOU FIGHT FOR YOUR FREEDOM? [APPLAUSE] THOSE WHO WOULD TRADE YOUR LIBERTY FOR SECURITY ARE INSIDE THE GATES AND BREACHED THE WALLS. THEY ARE HERE. THE QUESTION IS, WILL YOU STAND? I HAVE HAD ENOUGH. I WILL NOT WAVER IN MY DEFENSE OF FREEDOM. I WILL NOT WILT IN THE FACE OF ADVERSITY. I WILL STAND AND FIGHT THEM AT EVERY POINT. [APPLAUSE] SOME SAY THAT WE NEED TO DILUTE OUR MESSAGE AND BE A LITTLE BIT MORE LIKE THE DEMOCRATS. IT'S EXACTLY THE WRONG THING TO DO. OUR PROBLEM ISN'T THAT WE ARE TOO BOLD, THE PROBLEM IS THAT WE ARE TOO TIMID. YOU GO TO WASHINGTON AND WHAT PASSES FOR BOLD IS THAT WE ARE FOR REVENUE NEUTRAL TAX REFORM. I FRANKLY DON'T CARE. IF THAT'S WHAT YOU'RE FOR, I WILL GO BACK TO KENTUCKY AND BE AN EYE SURGEON BUT I WANT NOTHING TO DO WITH THE TIMIDITY OF REVENUE NEUTRAL TAX REFORM. [APPLAUSE] I WANT NOTHING TO DO WITH BUDGETS THAT NEVER BALANCE. I DON'T CARE IF IT'S REPUBLICAN OR DEMOCRAT, I WANT NOTHING TO DO WITH BUDGETS THAT NEVER BALANCE. SOME SAY WE CAN DEFEND THE SECOND AMENDMENT BUT LET'S IGNORE THE FOURTH AMENDMENT. LET'S DEFEND THE SECOND AMENDMENT BUT THAT FIRST AMENDMENT IS NOT FOR CONSERVATIVES. THE WHOLE BILL OF RIGHTS IS WHAT WE ARE HERE FOR. [APPLAUSE] SOME WILL SAY WE DON'T HAVE ENOUGH MONEY FOR WELFARE OR ENTITLEMENTS BUT WE HAVE PLENTY OF MONEY TO BAILOUT AND GIVE CORPORATE WELFARE. HOGWASH. WE SHOULDN'T BE SENDING ONE PENNY TO RICH COMPANIES. WE SEND $20 BILLION A YEAR IN DIRECT SUBSIDIES TO COMPANIES. CORPORATE WELFARE SHOULD ONCE AND FOR ALL BE ENDED. [APPLAUSE] THE TOP 100 COMPANIES IN OUR COUNTRY AVERAGED $200 MILLION APIECE. AND YOU'VE GOT REPUBLICANS IN WASHINGTON SAYING THAT IT'S IN THE BAG. RICH COMPANIES DON'T NEED YOUR MONEY. IT'S AN INSULT TO THOSE AMONG US THAT SAY WE DON'T HAVE ENOUGH MONEY FOR THESE OTHER PROGRAMS BUT WE HAVE ENOUGH MONEY FOR RICH FRIENDS. IF YOU WANT -- SOME WILL SAY YOU CAN HAVE RELIGIOUS FREEDOM AND THE OBAMACARE MANDATES. THEY ARE MUTUALLY INCONSISTENT. OR GIVE UP ON YOUR BUSINESS TO STAY TRUE TO YOUR FAITH, THAT SHOULD NOT BE A QUESTION. IT'S NOT SOMETHING AN AMERICAN BUSINESS HAS TO ANSWER. SHOULDN'T FORCE PEOPLE TO BUY THINGS WHAT THEY DON'T WANT AND GO AGAINST THE RELIGIOUS MORALS. SOME WOULD SAY THAT YOU CAN HAVE FREEDOM AND HAVE DEFINITE DETENTION OF AMERICAN CITIZENS AND. REMEMBER WHAT MARTIN LUTHER KING WROTE FROM THE JAIL IN BIRMINGHAM? AN UNJUST LAW MAKES BINDING ON A MINORITY BUT DOES NOT MAKE BINDING ON THEMSELVES. IT WAS A DEBATE WITH ONE OF THE SENATORS. YOU'RE GOING TO TAKE AN AMERICAN CITIZEN AND SEND THEM TO GUANTANAMO BAY WITHOUT A TRIAL? THEY ARE DANGEROUS. IT BEGS THE QUESTION, WHO GETS TO DECIDE? THESE ARE PEOPLE THAT MIGHT BE TERRORISTS. MULTIPLE GUNS IN THE HOUSEHOLD. I WOULD ASK FOR A RAISE OF FANS BUT PEOPLE MIGHT BE EMBARRASSED. WEATHERIZED AMMUNITION. LIEKSKES TO PAY NIN IN CASH. HAS CHANGED THE COLOR OF THEIR HAIR. STAINS ON CLOTHING, MISSING FINGERS. THESE ARE CHARACTERISTICS OF THE PEOPLE THEY ARE LOOKING FOR. THEY ALSO INCLUDED THE CONSTITUTION PARTY. PEOPLE THAT ARE PRO-LIFE. PEOPLE THAT THINK WE SHOULD HAVE SECURITY AT THE BORDER. I AT LEAST WANT MY LAWYER BEFORE THEY SEND ME. SOME PEOPLE THINK AND SOME PEOPLE SAY YOU CAN HAVE JUSTICE AND PUT OUR YOUNG PEOPLE IN JAIL FOR DECADES UPON DECADES FOR NONVIOLENT CRIME. SOME OF YOU MAY NOT HAVE THOUGHT ABOUT THIS BUT IT'S IMPORTANT TO THINK ABOUT. I MET A WOMAN YESTERDAY WHO TOLD ME MY SON IS 18 YEARS OLD. THE WRONG PLACE AT THE WRONG TIME, HE ALWAYS WANTED TO BE IN THE MILITARY. HE GOT CAUGHT. THE PUNISHMENTS ARE OUT OF THIS WORLD. A YOUNG MAN WAS GIVEN 55 YEARS IN PRISON FOR MARIJUANA SALES. 55 YEARS IN PRISON, YOU CAN KILL SOMEBODY AND BE OUT AND 12. IF YOU WANT OUR MOVEMENT TO GROW AND ADD NEW PEOPLE, THE PEOPLE AND THE POWERS THAT BE SAY TO DILUTE YOUR MESSAGE. BECOME DEMOCRAT LIGHT. WE NEED TO BE MORE BOLD WITH OUR MESSAGE BUT WE HAVE TO REACH OUT TO PEOPLE THAT HAVE NOT BEEN LISTENING. THE DOOR IS NOT GOING TO OPEN UP TO THE AFRICAN-AMERICAN COMMUNITY UNTIL WE HAVE SOMETHING TO OFFER. YOUR KIDS AND GRANDKIDS AREN'T PERFECT EITHER. YOU GET A BETTER LAWYER. IT MAY NOT BE PART OF OUR GROUP HERE. BESIDES, WE ARE THE PARTY OF JUSTICE. WE NEED TO BE THAT PARTY OF JUSTICE. THE UNEMPLOYED. ANYBODY HERE BEEN UNEMPLOYED? ANYBODY HAVE A TOP TIME -- A TOUGH TIME? THERE ARE MEMBERS THAT HAVE SUFFERED AND HAD THOSE PROBLEMS BUT WE HAVE THE SHOW CONCERN FOR PEOPLE OUT OF WORK. WE HAVE TO HAVE CONCERN FOR THOSE PEOPLE AND HAVE IDEAS. GUESS WHAT? THE PRESIDENT'S IDEAS ARE NOT WORKING. 20 MILLION PEOPLE ARE OUT OF WORK. BLACK UNEMPLOYMENT IS TWICE WHITE UNEMPLOYMENT. 3.7 MILLION WOMEN HAVE BEEN ADDED TO THE ROLLS OF POVERTY. MAYBE IT'S THEIR SIDE. IF WE WANT TO GROW OUR MOVEMENT, WE HAVE TO -- I THOUGHT THE BANK BAILOUTS WERE A HORRIBLE IDEA. I DID NOT FEEL LIKE SENDING MY MONEY TO A GUY THAT MADE $100 MILLION A YEAR WORKING ON WALL STREET. AND SOMEHOW ME AND MIDDLE AMERICA, I AM SUPPOSED TO SEND MY MONEY TO BAIL OUT THESE BANKERS. THAT IS PART OF WHY THE TEA PARTY STARTED. THEY WERE FRUSTRATED WITH REPUBLICANS AND GIVING UP ON THE DEMOCRATS. WE ARE FRUSTRATED ON REPUBLICANS VOTING FOR THE BANK BAILOUT. THERE IS A BIGGER WORKING THAN AN HONORS CLASS. I WANT TO TELL THE WORKERS OF AMERICA THAT WE ARE ON THEIR SIDE. THE PRESIDENT KEEPS OFFERING YOU FREE STUFF. MORE UNEMPLOYMENT INSURANCE. WHEN IS THE LAST TIME THAT WE CREATED MILLIONS OF JOBS? IT WAS UNDER RONALD REAGAN. DID RONALD REAGAN COME FORWARD AND SAY, LET'S JUST CUT TAXES FOR LOW INCOME PEOPLE? HE SAID LET'S CUT EVERYONE'S TAXES. THAT'S WHAT RICH PEOPLE PAY. MORE REVENUE CAME IN IN FACT. PEOPLE WERE CARTER AND MAKE MORE MONEY. MORE REVENUE COMES IN. WE CAN'T LET THE DEMOCRATS SAY, YOU LOWER THE TAXES FOR RICH PEOPLE. ANYONE HERE EVER WORK FOR A POOR PERSON? WE ARE ALL INTERCONNECTED AND WE'VE GOT TO GET BEYOND THIS CLASS WARFARE. WE CAN'T LET THEM BEAT US UP BECAUSE WE HAVE TO -- HOW MANY PEOPLE HAVE THEIR POLICIES EMPLOYED? WE ARE STILL BARELY GROWING. YOU NEVER GET OUT OF POVERTY. THE GOVERNMENT STEALS THE VALUE OF YOUR DOLLAR. YOU HAVE A LITTLE BIT MORE. THE GAS COSTS MORE AND YOU CAN GO ON VACATION. ALL OF THIS OCCURS FROM BIG GOVERNMENT. $17 TRILLION WORTH OF DEBT. ECONOMISTS SAY WE ARE LOSING ONE MILLION JOBS A YEAR BECAUSE OF THE BURDEN OF THIS DEBT. WE ARE ON A PRECIPICE. THE TIME APPROACHES. I REMEMBER SEEING PATIENTS IN MY OFFICE AND LOOKING AT MY MONEY MARKET ACCOUNT. MY DEFINITION OF PANIC IS WHEN YOU ARE WORRIED ABOUT YOUR MONEY MARKET ACCOUNT LOSING ITS VALUE. I STILL WORRY ABOUT THE FUNDAMENTALS OF THAT. OUR MOVEMENT HAS NEVER BEEN ABOUT THE PLUTOCRATS. THE OTHER SIDE PAINTS IT IS THAT. WE WILL LET THE MEDIA KNOW WE ARE THE MIDDLE CLASS. WHY ISN'T HE HELPING US? [APPLAUSE] THE PRESIDENT IS SIMPLY LOADING MORE PEOPLE IN THE WAGON. THESE ARE NOT BAD PEOPLE IN THE WAGON. THEY ARE PEOPLE OUT OF WORK AND SUFFERING. HE DEBATE NEEDS TO BE NOT ABOUT WHO CARES MORE, IT NEEDS TO BE ABOUT WHAT POLICY WILL HELP PEOPLE MORE. NEW HAMPSHIRE, SEND ME YOUR MONEY, I WILL GIVE YOU SOME BACK LATER DOESN'T WORK. THE PROBLEM WITH THE POLICY IS IF I COME TO NEW HAMPSHIRE AND I TAKE YOUR MONEY, HERE IS $100,000, GO CREATE JOBS FOR PEOPLE. NINE TIMES OUT OF 10, I WILL PICK THE WRONG PERSON BECAUSE THE MARKETPLACE CHOOSES. THINK ABOUT SOLYNDRA. THE PRESIDENT TOOK $500 MILLION FROM THE MIDDLE CLASS AND GAVE IT TO ONE OF THE RICHEST PEOPLE IN OUR COUNTRY. THAT DOESN'T SOUND LIKE IT'S GOOD FOR THE MIDDLE CLASS. THE PRESIDENT SAYS A LOT OF THINGS BUT DOESN'T QUITE GET AROUND TO DOING THEM. ANYBODY GOT A CELL PHONE? YOU ARE UNDER SURVEILLANCE. THE PRESIDENT SAYS HE'S NOT LISTENING, HE'S JUST LOOKING. EVEN THAT'S NOT EXACTLY TRUE. THEY OCCASIONALLY ARE. IF WE WANT TO GROW OUR MOVEMENT BIGGER, THE MESSAGE RESONATES WITH SOME YOUNG PEOPLE. YOUNG KIDS ON THE RIGHT AND ON THE LEFT, THIS MESSAGE RESONATES. IT'S NOT THAT THEY DON'T LIKE OUR MESSAGE, THEY JUST DON'T HAVE ANY MONEY. YOU HAVE TO TALK TO PEOPLE ABOUT THINGS THEY ARE CONCERNED WITH. INSTEAD OF LISTENING TO THOSE SUPPOSEDLY IN CHARGE OF THE PARTY THAT WANT TO DILUTE THE MESSAGE, WE KEEP OUR CORE MESSAGE. THEY TAKE IT TO PEOPLE. IT WE WILL BE THE DOMINANT PARTY AGAIN. I LOVE THE IMAGE OF THAT. WE NEED TO PROCLAIM OUR MESSAGE WITH THE PASSION OF PATRICK HENRY LIKE A MAN COMING OVER THE HILL SINGING WITH OPTIMISM. NO MATTER WHAT WALK OF LIFE YOU ARE. WE ONCE AGAIN PROCLAIM OUR MESSAGE LIKE A MAN COMING OVER THE HILL SINGING, WE WILL BE THE DOMINANT PARTY.

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