I began to write poetry in high school, and would ride miles over sandy roads in the fine hills around Cedar Rapids, repeating the lines over and over until I had them right, making some of the rhythm of the horse help.


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What we know about the global financial crisis is that we don't know very much.
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No matter where you put me, I don't care if it is North Carolina, Florida, California, New York ...
CHRIS PAUL
The conscience of children is formed by the influences that surround them; their notions of good and...
JEAN PAUL
If my son is happy, then I am happy.
CHRIS PAUL
A great man is one who leaves others at a loss after he is gone.
PAUL VALERY
Each one of my budgets has taken a meat axe to foreign aid, because I think we ought to quit sending...
RAND PAUL
I don't think I've ever used the word 'gay rights,' because I don't really belie...
RAND PAUL
Does the owner of the restaurant own his restaurant? Or does the government own his restaurant?
RAND PAUL
People say America is exceptional. I agree, but it's not the complexion of our skin or the twist...
RAND PAUL
I think public awareness of how good vaccines are for kids and how they are good for public health i...
RAND PAUL
Some Libertarians argue that Western occupation fans the flames of radical Islam; I agree. But I don...
RAND PAUL
You can't solve a dignity problem with military force.
RAND PAUL
As a Christian, I believe in redemption. And I believe in second chances.
RAND PAUL
Mandatory minimum sentencing has disproportionately affected blacks, Hispanics and others who often ...
RAND PAUL
How will we defend ourselves if the Patriot Act expires? Well, perhaps we could just rely on the Con...
RAND PAUL
We must always embrace individual liberty and enforce the constitutional rights of all Americans-ric...
RAND PAUL
The United States has the highest incarceration rate in the world. Many of those people deserve to b...
RAND PAUL
The government has a history of not treating people fairly, from the internment of Japanese American...
RAND PAUL
The defeat of Obamacare will come from the realization that the very idea of a government-administer...
RAND PAUL
If our freedom is taken, the American dream will wither and die.
RAND PAUL
I grew up in a family that despised not only communism but collectivism, socialism, and any 'ism...
RAND PAUL
Naples is curiously chaotic and, if I'm honest, a bit dilapidated. It certainly has a 'lived...
PAUL HOLLYWOOD
How did we win the election in the year 2000? We talked about a humble foreign policy: No nation-bui...
RON PAUL
There is nothing wrong with describing Conservatism as protecting the Constitution, protecting all t...
RON PAUL
You don't have freedom because you are a hyphenated American; you have freedom because you are a...
RON PAUL
The obligations of our representatives in Washington are to protect our liberty, not coddle the worl...
RON PAUL
Capitalism should not be condemned, since we haven't had capitalism.
RON PAUL
All initiation of force is a violation of someone else's rights, whether initiated by an individ...
RON PAUL
When the federal government spends more each year than it collects in tax revenues, it has three cho...
RON PAUL
Our country's founders cherished liberty, not democracy.
RON PAUL
You wanna get rid of drug crime in this country? Fine, let's just get rid of all the drug laws.
RON PAUL
Maybe we ought to consider a Golden Rule in foreign policy: Don't do to other nations what we do...
RON PAUL
What is not conservative about saying, 'Don't go to war unless we go to war properly with a ...
RON PAUL
Well, I don't think we should go to the moon. I think we maybe should send some politicians up t...
RON PAUL
1913 wasn't a very good year. 1913 gave us the income tax, the 16th amendment and the IRS.
RON PAUL
If you like small government you need to work hard at having a strong national defense that is not s...
RON PAUL
When one gets in bed with government, one must expect the diseases it spreads.
RON PAUL
The moral and constitutional obligations of our representatives in Washington are to protect our lib...
RON PAUL
There is only one kind of freedom and that's individual liberty. Our lives come from our creator...
RON PAUL