Speaking at the Conservative Political Action Conference on Thursday, Republican Sen. Rand Paul of Kentucky said that a big-government mindset now threatens American freedom.
"Everything that America has been, everything we ever wish to be, is now threatened by the notion that you can have something for nothing," said Paul.
In making his point, Paul invoked President Ronald Reagan.
"In his farewell speech in 1989, as Reagan said, 'as government expands, liberty contracts,'" said Paul. "He was right.
Government cannot give us our liberty. Our rights come from our Creator. But as government grows, liberty becomes marginalized. The collective takes precedence over the individual. Freedom shrinks.
"And our government today is larger than it has ever been in our history," said Paul. "Everything that America has been, everything we ever wish to be, is now threatened by the notion that you can have something for nothing, that you can have your cake and eat it too, that you can spend a trillion dollars every year that you don't have.
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