Says he "did the very best" in a recent poll in Iowa matching up each of the major Republican presidential candidates against President Barack Obama.
Every month since 9/11, there have been as many suicide attacks against the United States and its allies as there were in all the years leading up to 9/11.
The U.S. military "is in 130 countries. We have 900 bases around the world."
"The Arab and the Muslim nations get twice as much money as Israel."
"If you got rid of the income tax today you'd have about as much revenue as we had 10 years ago."
"Congressman Paul introduces numerous pieces of substantive legislation each year, probably more than any single member of Congress."
"We've lost over 5,000 Americans over there in Afghanistan, in Iraq, and plus the civilians killed."
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