It is no coincidence that the century of total war coincided with the century of central banking.
— Ron Paul
Truth is treason in the empire of lies.
— Ron Paul
One thing is clear: The Founding Fathers never intended a nation where citizens would pay nearly half of everything they earn to the government.
— Ron Paul
Setting a good example is a far better way to spread ideals than through force of arms.
— Ron Paul
When one gets in bed with government, one must expect the diseases it spreads.
— Ron Paul
Let it not be said that no one cared, that no one objected once it’s realized that our liberties and wealth are in jeopardy.
— Ron Paul
Don’t steal – the government hates competition!
— Ron Paul
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 individuals.
— Ron Paul
Another term for preventive war is aggressive war – starting wars because someday somebody might do something to us. That is not part of the American tradition.
— Ron Paul
Deficits mean future tax increases, pure and simple. Deficit spending should be viewed as a tax on future generations, and politicians who create deficits should be exposed as tax hikers.
— Ron Paul
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.
— Ron Paul
I am just absolutely convinced that the best formula for giving us peace and preserving the American way of life is freedom, limited government, and minding our own business overseas.
— Ron Paul
Our country’s founders cherished liberty, not democracy.
— Ron Paul
The most important element of a free society, where individual rights are held in the highest esteem, is the rejection of the initiation of violence.
— Ron Paul
War is never economically beneficial except for those in position to profit from war expenditures.
— Ron Paul
Do you want to get rid of drug crime in this country? Fine, let’s just get rid of all the drug laws.
— Ron Paul
In the free society envisioned by the founders, schools are held accountable to parents, not federal bureaucrats.
— Ron Paul
How can I run for office and say I want to be a weak president? We need a strong president, strong enough to resist the temptation of taking power the President shouldn’t have.
— Ron Paul
Because federal hate crime laws criminalize thoughts, they are incompatible with a free society.
— Ron Paul
When one person can initiate war, by its definition, a republic no longer exists.
— Ron Paul
The constant refrain that bringing our troops home would demonstrate a lack of support for them must be one of the most amazing distortions ever foisted on the American public.
— Ron Paul
We have a lot of goodness in this country. And we should promote it, but never through the barrel of a gun. We should do it by setting good standards, motivating people and have them want to emulate us.
— Ron Paul
We can achieve much more in peace than we can ever achieve in these needless, unconstitutional, undeclared wars.
— Ron Paul
The original American patriots were those individuals brave enough to resist with force the oppressive power of King George…Patriotism is more closely linked to dissent than it is to conformity and a blind desire for safety and security.
— Ron Paul
You have a right to your life, to your liberty and you have a right to keep what your earn.
— Ron Paul
Some supporters of the war use their religion to justify the war. Evidently, I’ve been reading from a different Bible.
— Ron Paul
Rights belong to individuals, not groups; they derive from our nature and can neither be granted nor taken away by government.
— Ron Paul
Since its creation in 1913, the FED has presided over a 98% decline in the dollar’s purchasing power.
— Ron Paul
Individuals are responsible for their own actions. Government cannot and should not try and protect us from ourselves.
— Ron Paul
In a free society, the government’s job is simply to protect liberty and let the people do the rest.
— Ron Paul
