--- description: Says Jesus was the "Prince of Peace" title: Rand Paul Says Republicans 'Too Eager for War' image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt353fa82dd703d929/698699a155a85919c9a8196f/rand-paul.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  * [Politics](/section/politics/) ## Politics Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close * [2016 Election](/tag/2016-election/) ## 2016 Election Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close # Rand Paul Says Jesus Wouldn't Like the GOP's Taste for War  by [Justin Worland](/author/justin-worland/)  ## Justin Worland Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Senior Correspondent Jun 27, 2014 4:05 PM CUT  Republican Senator Rand Paul speaks during the Faith and Freedom Coalition's 'Road to Majority' conference in Washington on June 20, 2014. Republican Senator Rand Paul speaks during the Faith and Freedom Coalition's 'Road to Majority' conference in Washington on June 20, 2014.Drew Angerer—EPA  by [Justin Worland](/author/justin-worland/)  ## Justin Worland Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Senior Correspondent Jun 27, 2014 4:05 PM CUT Kentucky Republican Sen. Rand Paul condemned during a little-noticed interview what he described as his party’s eagerness to engage in international conflict, arguing that Jesus Christ “wasn’t really involved in the wars of his days.” “Part of Republicans’ problems and, frankly, to tell you the truth, some in the evangelical Christian movement I think have appeared too eager for war,” Paul, a likely 2016 presidential candidate, told the Christian Broadcasting Network. “I think you need to remember that \[Jesus\] was the ‘Prince of Peace.’” The April 2013 [interview](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7sAPnKGHO%5Fo#t=492 "undefined") was getting renewed attention Friday after it was highlighted by the website [Mother Jones](http://www.motherjones.com/politics/2014/06/rand-paul-cheney-republicans-eager-war "undefined"). Paul’s more non-interventionist foreign policy has made him an enemy of Republican foreign policy hawks but a favorite of libertarians. David Limbaugh, the brother of conservative talk-radio host Rush Limbaugh, was among the conservative commentators who expressed dismay at the remarks Friday. “I pray there’s some explanation,” he wrote on Twitter. ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/2933825/rand-paul-dick-cheney-republicans/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/2933825/rand-paul-dick-cheney-republicans/"},"headline":"Rand Paul Says Jesus Wouldn't Like the GOP's Taste for War","datePublished":"2014-06-27T16:05:49.000Z","dateModified":"2026-02-21T08:40:26.675Z","description":"Says Jesus was the \"Prince of Peace\"","url":"https://time.com/2933825/rand-paul-dick-cheney-republicans/","keywords":["2016 Election","2016 Election topic","Religion","elections","Rand Paul","GOP","faith"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt353fa82dd703d929/698699a155a85919c9a8196f/rand-paul.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Justin Worland","jobTitle":"Senior Correspondent","url":"https://time.com/author/justin-worland/"}],"articleSection":"Politics","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt353fa82dd703d929/698699a155a85919c9a8196f/rand-paul.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675,"headline":"Rand Paul","caption":"Rand Paul","creditText":"Drew Angerer—EPA","representativeOfPage":true}],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/section/politics/","name":"Politics"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"/tag/2016-election/","name":"2016 Election"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":3,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/2933825/rand-paul-dick-cheney-republicans/","name":"Rand Paul Says Jesus Wouldn't Like the GOP's Taste for War"}}]}] ```