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Ron Paul Quotes - Page 11

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I think the policy makers like the idea of being the boss. I mean people who like to boss other people around like to go into politics so they can become the boss.

I think the policy makers like the idea of being the boss. I mean people who like to boss other people around like to go into politics so they can become the boss.

Mean, Thinking, Ideas

I don't know how to run your life. I don't know how to run your life. I don't have the authority to run your life. And the Constitution doesn't permit me to run your life.

Running, Constitution, Authority

The ultimate goal is not simply a superhighway, but an integrated North American Union--complete with a currency, a cross-national bureaucracy, and virtually borderless travel within the Union. Like the European Union, a North American Union would represent another step toward the abolition of national sovereignty altogether.

Goal, Unions, Steps

When people become frightened, they look for things of real value. They will go to monetary metals, gold and silver, and they will buy other things, such as buying property. But no matter what we have, whether we have our gold coins or we have our property, if we have an authoritarian government, that is our greatest threat. So, I would like to think that there is no perfect protection, other than shrinking the size and scope and power of government, so that we can be left alone and take care of ourselves.

Real, Thinking, Government

Source: www.peakprosperity.com

As bank customers, we tend to believe that we can have both perfect security for our money, drawing on it whenever we want and never expecting it not to be there, while still earning a regular rate of return. In a true free market, however, there tends to be a tradeoff: you can enjoy a money warehouse or you can hope for a return on your investment. You can't usually have both. The Fed, however, by backing up this fractional-reserve system with a promise of endless bailouts and money creation, attempts to keep the illusion going.

Believe, Drawing, Perfect

"End the Fed". Book by Ron Paul (pp. 17-18), September 16, 2009.

We don't need any troops abroad-they don't help our defense.

Troops, Needs, Defense

Secession is a deeply American principle. This country was born through secession.

Country, Principles, Born

"In Which Ron Paul Teaches Us About Secession" by Charles P. Pierce, www.esquire.com. November 20, 2012.

Article 1 Section 8 of the Constitution says Congress has the ability to coin money and regulate the currency and doesn't say anything about gold or silver.

Say Anything, Gold, Coins

Source: www.foxnews.com

We need to surrender our attachments to government in every aspect of life. We need to give up our dependencies on the state, materially and spiritually. We should not look to the state to provide us financially or psychologically. Let us give up our longing for welfare, our love of war, and our desire to see the government control and shape our fellow citizens.

Giving Up, War, Believe

"Liberty Defined: 50 Essential Issues That Affect Our Freedom". Book by Ron Paul, www.usnews.com. April 2011.

We have to restore confidence that the marketplace can deliver services as well as it can goods.

Goods, Wells, Marketplace

"The Candidates: Rep. Ron Paul". Live chat, www.washingtonpost.com. October 12, 2007.

I never would force the Justice Department to go to California and arrest people getting medical marijuana, when that's the law there.

Marijuana, Law, California

"The Candidates: Rep. Ron Paul". Live discussion, www.washingtonpost.com. October 12, 2007.

If you drink too much, you go out and you harm to somebody, you have to suffer the consequences. Same way with health matters. You don't have the right to demand that someone else take care of you because of your habits.

Suffering, Demand, Care

"Reps. Ron Paul, Michele Bachmann and Gov. Rick Perry on Final Push in Iowa". "Fox News Sunday With Chris Wallace", www.foxnews.com. January 1, 2012.

What we need is a strong defense, but right now there is zero chance of an invasion by another country and right now we have more firepower than all other countries put together.

Country, Strong, Zero

"The Candidates: Rep. Ron Paul". Live discussion, www.washingtonpost.com. October 12, 2007.

Americans are tired of the games and the lies of today's media. They want the truth. Imagine this. No censors, no barricades, no statists. We will be able to engage viewers directly on subjects that matter most to them, from finances to civil liberties to foreign policy.

Lying, Tired, Media

We need to make sure that people can save all the money they spend on medical care by getting it back from their taxes, by reducing their tax burden.

People, Needs, Care

"The Candidates: Rep. Ron Paul". The Washington Post Live Q&As, www.washingtonpost.com. October 12, 2007.

I grew up in Pittsburgh, where you couldn't even see the noon sun in the sky, and that whole city was cleaned up without the federal government needing to be involved. I think we would have been much better served from the start if people would have better understood the principles of private property.

Thinking, Government, Sky

"The Washington Post - The Candidates: Rep. Ron Paul". votesmart.org. October 12, 2007.

There's not much you can do about the bias of the media other than try to counteract it by putting the truth out best you can, and the Internet has been a great weapon for holding the media accountable.

Media, Trying, Weapons

"The Candidates: Rep. Ron Paul". The Washington Post Live Q&As, www.washingtonpost.com. October 12, 2007.

When it comes to the environment and global warming from emissions, it has to be dealt with in one of two ways - preemptive regulations, which I don't agree with, or with private property principles. Nobody has the right to pollute their neighbors' air or water or land.

Two, Air, Land

"The Candidates: Rep. Ron Paul". Live discussion, www.washingtonpost.com. October 12, 2007.

True prosperity can only come from a healthy economy and sound money. That can only be achieved in a free society.

Healthy, Sound, Prosperity

When the goal of political action is no longer the defense of liberty, no word other than demagoguery can describe the despicable nature of politics.

Goal, Political, Liberty

There's a a right to privacy for all individuals and all who have legal rights - and that includes the unborn. As an obstetrician, if I cause any harm to a fetus, I will be sued. If someone kills or harms a fetus they're liable in a court of law.

Rights, Law, Fetus

Source: www.washingtonpost.com

No matter how many pro-freedom politicians we elect to office, the only way to guarantee constitutional government is through an educated and activist public devoted to the ideals of liberty.

Government, Office, Liberty

Mr. Speaker, I once again find myself compelled to vote against the annual budget resolution for a very simple reason: it makes government bigger.

Simple, Government, Vote

Ron Paul (2008). “Pillars of Prosperity: Free Markets, Honest Money, Private Property”, p.430, Ludwig von Mises Institute

I'm convinced that you never have to give up liberties to be safe. I think you're less safe when you give up your liberties.

Giving Up, Thinking, Liberty

Interview with Bill Moyers, www.pbs.org. January 4, 2008.

In time it will become clear to everyone that support for the policies of pre-emptive war and interventionist nation-building will have much greater significance than the removal of Saddam Hussein itself.

War, Support, Hussein

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