Author: Ripon Society
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From National Review: “Senate Change You Can Actually Count”
From National Review: “Senate Change You Can Actually Count”
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from The Wall Street Journal: “Rand Paul Tries to Broaden Appeal Ahead of Possible Presidential Run”
from The Wall Street Journal: “Rand Paul Tries to Broaden Appeal Ahead of Possible Presidential Run”
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“People elect us to make tough decisions.”
WASHINGTON, DC — House Majority Whip Steve Scalise (LA-1) spoke to a luncheon meeting of The Ripon Society yesterday afternoon, delivering a speech in which he not only discussed the recent retreat for House and Senate Republicans in Hershey, but the possibility for greater bicameral cooperation and achievement this year.
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January 27, 2015
“Corruption in any form, whether in the world of politics or in the world of business, represents an offense against the community of so grave a character that the offender should be hunted down as a criminal; and the greater his ability and success, the greater the wrong he has committed, and the heavier should…
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Senator Rand Paul Discusses State of the Union Address and Senate Agenda this Year
WASHINGTON, DC — In the four years he has served in the U.S. Senate, Rand Paul has made a name for himself by questioning party orthodoxy and challenging the political establishment. Both qualities were on full display yesterday morning at a breakfast meeting of The Ripon Society, where the Kentucky Senator not only discussed the…
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from Politico: “Paul open to working with White House”
From Politico: “Paul open to working with White House”
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January 20, 2015
“Remember that every great speech that has come down through history has obtained and kept its place only because it represented either achievement in the past or a resolute purpose for achievement in the future.” – Speech at Trinity College, Hartford, CT, June 16, 1918
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“I refuse to accept the view that…the bright daybreak of peace and brotherhood can never become a reality.”
On Dec. 10, 1964, Martin Luther King, Jr. was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize in Oslo, Norway. His acceptance speech focused on the same themes of peace and justice that defined his life, and is worth recalling as America honors his memory.
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January 13, 2015
“My whole foreign policy was based on the exercise of intelligent forethought and of decisive action sufficiently far in advance of any likely crisis to make it improbable that we would run into serious trouble.” – An Autobiography, 1913
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January 6, 2015
“I believe with all my heart that the American people are fit for complete self-government, and that, in spite of all our failings and shortcomings, we of this Republic have more nearly realized than any other people on earth the ideal of justice attained through genuine popular rule.” – Columbus, Ohio, February 21, 1912