supermario21
04-11-2013, 01:49 PM
http://dailycaller.com/2013/04/11/rand-pauls-speech-at-howard-praised-by-prison-reformer/?utm_source=twitterfeed&utm_medium=twitter
“I think that the big project among conservatives right now is to find new constituencies — to find new voters — but to not do it by changing principles. Instead, you really kind of need to focus on first principles and get back in touch with what conservatism is all about.
… conservatism is all about limited government. It’s about civil liberties. It’s about keeping costs low. It’s about compassion. And those are all things that are really kind of implicated in this massive incarceration state we’ve been building for the last twenty, or so, years.” (Emphasis mine.)
“I think that the big project among conservatives right now is to find new constituencies — to find new voters — but to not do it by changing principles. Instead, you really kind of need to focus on first principles and get back in touch with what conservatism is all about.
… conservatism is all about limited government. It’s about civil liberties. It’s about keeping costs low. It’s about compassion. And those are all things that are really kind of implicated in this massive incarceration state we’ve been building for the last twenty, or so, years.” (Emphasis mine.)