Quotes by Ron Paul

About Ron Paul:

Ronald Ernest is an American physician, author, and politician, who is a former Republican congressman, two-time Republican presidential candidate, and the presidential nominee of the Libertarian Party in the 1988 U.S. presidential election.
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I would like to restore your right to drink raw milk anytime you like.

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All initiation of force is a violation of someone else's rights, whether initiated by an individual or the state, for the benefit of an individual or group of individuals, even if it's supposed to be for the benefit of another individual or group of ...

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I'd like to think of myself as the flavor of the decade.

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You don't quit because you happen to be behind. You want to see how you do. And who knows? Maybe somebody will stumble.

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Everyone assumes America must play the leading role in crafting some settlement or compromise between the Israelis and the Palestinians. But Jefferson, Madison, and Washington explicitly warned against involving ourselves in foreign conflicts.

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When things go badly, individuals look for scapegoats. I just do not believe that barbed-wire fences or guns on our border will solve any of our problems.

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Believe me, the intellectual revolution is going on, and that has to come first before you see the political changes. That's where I'm very optimistic.

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The obligations of our representatives in Washington are to protect our liberty, not coddle the world, precipitating no-win wars, while bringing bankruptcy and economic turmoil to our people.

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Capitalism should not be condemned, since we haven't had capitalism.

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Have you noticed the debt is exploding? And it's not all because of Medicare.

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During the last campaign I knew what was happening. You know, they mocked me for my foreign policy and they laughed at my monetary policy. No more. No more.

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I would say that I'm pretty mainstream.

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I have some help on tweeting.

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The idea that the government has services or goods that they can pass on is a complete farce. Governments have nothing. They can’t create anything, they never have. All they can do is steal from one group and give it to another at the destruction o...

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Government should never be able to do anything you can't do. If you can't steal from your neighbor, you can't send the government to steal for you.

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But let it not be said that we did nothing. Let not those who love the power of the welfare/warfare state label the dissenters of authoritarianism as unpatriotic or uncaring. Patriotism is more closely linked to dissent than it is to conformity and a...

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Under the United States Constitution, the federal government has no authority to hold states "accountable" for their education performance...In the free society envisioned by the founders, schools are held accountable to parents, not federal bureaucr...

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Rights mean you have a right to your life. You have a right to your liberty, and you should have a right to keep the fruits of your labor....I, in a way, don’t like to use those terms: gay rights, women’s rights, minority rights, religious rights...

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You have to remember, rights don't come in groups we shouldn't have 'gay rights'; rights come as individuals, and we wouldn't have this major debate going on. It would be behavior that would count, not what person belongs to what group.

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Freedom is not defined by safety. Freedom is defined by the ability of citizens to live without government interference. Government cannot create a world without risks, nor would we really wish to live in such a fictional place. Only a totalitarian s...

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The number one responsibility for each of us is to change ourselves with hope that others will follow.

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Author Bio

  • NameRon Paul
  • DescriptionAmerican politician and physician
  • BornAugust 20, 1935
  • CountryUnited States Of America
  • ProfessionPolitician; Surgeon; Air Force Officer