--- title: Rand Paul or Ron Paul: Test Yourself on Their Positions description: Kentucky Sen. Rand Paul is following in his father's footsteps but he's not marching in lockstep on the issues. canonical: https://time.com/3772936/ron-paul-rand-paul-quiz/ author: TIME article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2015-04-07T11:31:43.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-08-04T07:59:28.143Z article:section: Politics og:title: Who Said It: Ron or Rand Paul? og:description: Test how well you know the GOP presidential candidate from his father. og:url: https://time.com/3772936/ron-paul-rand-paul-quiz/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltde093bcdab65f2d0/6988d9b9bc6cfc69913e2a3c/time-logo.jpg?branch=production og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 675 og:image:alt: TIME og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: Who Said It: Ron or Rand Paul? twitter:description: Test how well you know the GOP presidential candidate from his father. twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltde093bcdab65f2d0/6988d9b9bc6cfc69913e2a3c/time-logo.jpg?branch=production --- # Who Said It: Ron or Rand Paul? ## Video: RealTIME: Rand Paul Is Running For President [Watch (HLS stream): RealTIME: Rand Paul Is Running For President](https://cdn.jwplayer.com/manifests/dKpAWlrU.m3u8) (0:59)  _Published 2015-04-07. Sen. Rand Paul announced a run for the White House Tuesday, with a campaign launch that aimed to expand the GOP’s tent while stressing classic Republican themes of limited government and fiscal responsibility._ by [Ryan Teague Beckwith](https://time.com/author/ryan-teague-beckwith/) ## Ryan Teague Beckwith Apr 7, 2015 11:31 AM UTC by [Ryan Teague Beckwith](https://time.com/author/ryan-teague-beckwith/) ## Ryan Teague Beckwith Apr 7, 2015 11:31 AM UTC Sen. Rand Paul may be following in his father’s footsteps by running for president, but that doesn’t mean he’s moving in lockstep on the issues. The Kentucky Senator, who will kick off his campaign Tuesday, has broken with his father’s libertarian positions in a number of ways in recent years. See if you can tell which Paul said which quote. ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/3772936/ron-paul-rand-paul-quiz/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/3772936/ron-paul-rand-paul-quiz/"},"headline":"Who Said It: Ron or Rand Paul?","datePublished":"2015-04-07T11:31:43.000Z","dateModified":"2026-08-04T07:59:28.143Z","description":"Test how well you know GOP presidential candidate from his father","url":"https://time.com/3772936/ron-paul-rand-paul-quiz/","keywords":["Rand Paul","republicans","2016 Election topic","Campaigns","ron paul"],"thumbnailUrl":"","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Ryan Teague Beckwith","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/ryan-teague-beckwith/"}],"articleSection":"Politics","image":[],"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/rand-paul/","name":"Rand Paul"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":3,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/3772936/ron-paul-rand-paul-quiz/","name":"Who Said It: Ron or Rand Paul?"}}]},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"VideoObject","name":"RealTIME: Rand Paul Is Running For President","description":"Sen. Rand Paul announced a run for the White House Tuesday, with a campaign launch that aimed to expand the GOP’s tent while stressing classic Republican themes of limited government and fiscal responsibility.","thumbnailUrl":"https://cdn.jwplayer.com/v2/media/dKpAWlrU/poster.jpg?width=720","uploadDate":"2015-04-07T17:57:20.000Z","contentUrl":"https://cdn.jwplayer.com/manifests/dKpAWlrU.m3u8","embedUrl":"https://time.com/3772936/ron-paul-rand-paul-quiz/","duration":"PT59S","potentialAction":{"@type":"SeekToAction","target":"https://time.com/3772936/ron-paul-rand-paul-quiz/?jw_start={seek_to_second_number}","startOffset-input":"required name=seek_to_second_number"}}] ```