Honorable Rand Paul
U.S. Senator, Republican, Kentucky
Senator Paul was first elected to the U.S. Senate in 2010. He serves on the Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee. The following is excerpted from a November 29, 2011, statement on the floor of the U.S. Senate during debate on the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2012. James Madison, the father of the Constitution, warned: “The means of defense against foreign danger historically have become instruments of tyranny at home.” Abraham Lincoln had similar thoughts, saying: “America will never be destroyed from the outside. If we falter, and lose our freedoms, it will be because we…
