American Consequences - January 2020

Rand Paul

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Meaning everyone else, including every other libertarian, is wrong. “Isn’t that,” I said, “an odd SYXGSQIJSVETSPMXMGEPXLISV]FEWIHSRXLI ZEPYISJIEGLMRHMZMHYEP$ƹ The Senator smiled and shrugged. “I never VIEPP]JIPXPMOIMX[EWETVSFPIQI\TPEMRMRK PMFIVXEVMERTVMRGMTPIWMRTVEGXMGEPTSPMXMGW 7ITYFPMGERWEVIGLEQTMSRWSJIGSRSQMG PMFIVX])IQSGVEXWEVIGLEQTMSRWSJTIVWSREP PMFIVX]'VMRKXLIX[SFEGOXSKIXLIVƹ -IGSRXMRYIWƸ8LIVIEVIHMǺIVIRX[E]WXS get where we want to go.” And he gave an I\EQTPISJKSMRKRS[LIVIƸ3SXLMRKKSSH LEWGSQISYXSJXLI[EVSRHVYKWƹ &QIRHQIRX<MRXLI'MPPSJ7MKLXW The powers not delegated to the United States by the Constitution, nor prohibited by it to the states, are reserved to the States respectively, or to the people. “In The Federalist Papers ,” I said, “Hamilton argued against XLI'MPPSJ7MKLXW on the grounds that when government even so QYGLEWQIRXMSRWVMKLXWPMOIJVIIWTIIGL XLMWMQTPMIWXLEXKSZIVRQIRXLEWWSQITS[IV over those rights.” Ƹ'YXMXƶWEKSSHXLMRK[IHMH[VMXIXLIQ down,” the Senator said, “otherwise we’d have nothing PIJXƹ Ƹ;LEXƶWEHMǺIVIRX[E]$ƹ.EWOIH Ƹ.PMOIXLIYRIRYQIVEXIHTS[IVWƹ

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