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No matter what politicians promise, Social Security reform will not change the fact that your money is taken from your paycheck and sent to Washington, where it will be spent.

No matter what politicians promise, Social Security reform will not change the fact that your money is taken from your paycheck and sent to Washington, where it will be spent.

Ron Paul
Taken, Promise, Reform

Only about 5 percent of blacks have sensible political opinions.

Ron Paul
Political Opinions, Sensible, Percent
"10 Extreme Claims in Ron Paul’s Controversial Newsletters". Ron Paul's 1992 newsletter, www.motherjones.com. January 3, 2012.

Throughout the 20th century, the Republican Party benefited from a non-interventionist foreign policy. Think of how Eisenhower came in to stop the Korean War. Think of how Nixon was elected to stop the mess in Vietnam.

Ron Paul
War, Party, Thinking
The Republicans' First Presidential Candidates Debate, www.nytimes.com. May 3, 2007.

With the exception of the military industrial complex, we all want a more peaceful world.

Ron Paul
Military, Peaceful, World

Everyone on the Commission assumes that 9/11 resulted from a lack of government action. No one in Washington has raised the question of whether our shortcomings, brought to light by 9/11, could have been a result of too much government.

Ron Paul
Light, Government, Too Much

I would say that I'm pretty mainstream.

Ron Paul
Mainstream
"CNN Live Event/Special", www.cnn.com. January 1, 2012.

I have never been one who is comfortable talking about my faith in the political arena. In fact, the pandering that typically occurs in the election season I find to be distasteful. But for those who have asked, I freely confess that Jesus Christ is my personal Savior, and that I seek His guidance in all that I do.

Ron Paul
Jesus, Talking, Political

I will always vote what I have promised, and always vote the Constitution, as well as I will not vote for one single penny that isn't paid for, because debt is the monster, debt is what's going to eat us up and that is why our economy is on the brink.

Ron Paul
Patriotic, Pennies, Monsters

The cost in terms of liberties lost and the unnecessary exposure to terrorism are difficult to determine, but in time it will become apparent to all of us that foreign interventionism is of no benefit to American citizens, but is instead a threat to our liberties.

Ron Paul
Liberty, Citizens, Cost
Ron Paul (2008). “The Revolution: A Manifesto”, p.12, Hachette UK

I believe that when we overdo our military aggressiveness, what it does it actually weakens our national defense. I mean, we stood up to the Soviets. They had 40,000 nuclear weapons. Now we're fretting day in and day - night about third-world countries that have no army, navy or air force.

Ron Paul
Country, Military, Believe
The Republicans' first Presidential candidates debate at the Ronald Reagan Library in Simi Valley, California, www.nytimes.com. May 3, 2007.

Our country's founders cherished liberty, not democracy.

Ron Paul
Country, Historical, Democracy

Every country ended slavery without civil war; US could have.

Ron Paul
Country, War, Civil War

One thing is certain: those who worked and voted for less government, the very foot soldiers in the conservative revolution, have been deceived. Today, the ideal of limited government has been abandoned by the GOP, and real conservatives find their views no longer matter.

Ron Paul
Real, Government, Views

There's nothing wrong with being a Conservative and coming up with a Conservative believe in foreign policy where we have a strong national defense and we don't go to war so carelessly.

Ron Paul
Strong, War, Believe

The federal government overrules state laws where state laws permit medicinal marijuana for people dying of cancer. The federal government goes in and arrests these people, put them in prison with mandatory, sometimes life sentences. This war on drugs is totally out of control. If you want to regulate cigarettes and alcohol and drugs, it should be at the state level.

Ron Paul
Cancer, War, Marijuana
Source: www.nbcnews.com

When you have war, whether it's a war against drugs, war against terrorism, war overseas, the mentality of the people change and they're more willing to sacrifice their liberties in order to be safe and secure.

Ron Paul
War, Sacrifice, Order
Source: www.nbcnews.com

I'm always looking for an opportunity to bring progressive Democrats together with some conservative libertarian types, because there are places where we can agree.

Ron Paul
Opportunity, Together, Libertarian
"Reps. Barney Frank & Ron Paul on Military Spending". "The Situation Room", www.realclearpolitics.com. July 7, 2010.

If people won't spend any money, the government has this moral obligation to do it.

Ron Paul
Government, People, Moral
Source: www.peakprosperity.com

If global warming is because of weather changes - which a lot of people believe - there's not much we can do to change the weather pattern.

Ron Paul
Believe, Weather, People
Source: www.washingtonpost.com

Right now, nobody legalized paper money. Where did that come from.

Ron Paul
Paper, Paper Money, Right Now
Source: www.foxnews.com

Why is it that some people, you know, think we should obey the Constitution sometimes and not other times.

Ron Paul
Thinking, People, Constitution
Source: www.foxnews.com

We need a smaller and elite military, as [Donald]Rumsfeld said - and also a smaller and elite foreign policy.

Ron Paul
Military, Needs, Said
Source: www.washingtonpost.com

I would say nobody is perfect. I don't know all the answers. I have don't want to run people's lives and run the world and run the economy. So, my qualifications are a little bit different.

Ron Paul
Running, People, Perfect
"Mike Huckabee Explains 2012 Decision; Rep. Ron Paul on His Presidential Bid; Sens. Durbin, Kyl Talk Immigration Reform, Debt Ceiling". "Fox News Sunday With Chris Wallace", www.foxnews.com. May 15, 2011.

If people are smokers, don't they have to pay more? Sometimes, you get your insurance cheaper if you are a nonsmoker. So, let the markets sort this out and insurance sort it out, but not having dictates by the government saying thou, you must do this and your behavior doesn't matter, you know?

Ron Paul
Government, People, Pay
"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.

General welfare is a general condition - maybe sound currency is general welfare, maybe markets, maybe judicial system, maybe a national defense, but this is specific welfare. This justifies the whole welfare state - the military industrial complex, the welfare to foreigners, the welfare state that imprisons our people and impoverishes our people and gives us our recession.

Ron Paul
Military, People, Giving
"Mike Huckabee Explains 2012 Decision; Rep. Ron Paul on His Presidential Bid; Sens. Durbin, Kyl Talk Immigration Reform, Debt Ceiling". "Fox News Sunday With Chris Wallace", www.foxnews.com. May 15, 2011.

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