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Ron Paul Quotes

Well, I don’t think we should go to the moon. I think we maybe should send some politicians up there.

– Ron Paul

I had the privilege of practicing medicine in the early ’60s, before we had any government. It worked rather well, and there was nobody on the street suffering with no medical care.

– 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

How did we win the election in the year 2000? We talked about a humble foreign policy: No nation-building; don’t police the world. That’s conservative, it’s Republican, it’s pro-American – it follows the founding fathers. And, besides, it follows the Constitution.

– Ron Paul

War is never economically beneficial except for those in position to profit from war expenditures.

– Ron Paul

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

– Ron Paul

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

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

You don’t have freedom because you are a hyphenated American; you have freedom because you are an individual, and that should be protected.

– Ron Paul

There is nothing wrong with describing Conservatism as protecting the Constitution, protecting all things that limit government. Government is the enemy of liberty. Government should be very restrained.

– Ron Paul

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.

– Ron Paul

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

– Ron Paul

Think of what happened after 9/11, the minute before there was any assessment, there was glee in the administration because now we can invade Iraq, and so the war drums beat.

– Ron Paul

What is not conservative about saying, ‘Don’t go to war unless we go to war properly with a full declaration of war and no other way?’

– Ron Paul

Back a hundred years ago, especially around Woodrow Wilson, what happened in this country is we took freedom and we chopped it into pieces.

– Ron Paul

Legitimate use of violence can only be that which is required in self-defense.

– Ron Paul

When one gets in bed with government, one must expect the diseases it spreads.

– Ron Paul

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.

– Ron Paul

When the federal government spends more each year than it collects in tax revenues, it has three choices: It can raise taxes, print money, or borrow money. While these actions may benefit politicians, all three options are bad for average Americans.

– Ron Paul

Why is it is claimed that if people won’t or can’t take care of their own needs, that people in government can do it for them?

– Ron Paul

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.

– Ron Paul

Prices are going up. Unemployment continues to go up. And we have not had the necessary correction for the financial bubble created by our Federal Reserve system.

– Ron Paul

Believe me, the next step is a currency crisis because there will be a rejection of the dollar, the rejection of the dollar is a big, big event, and then your personal liberties are going to be severely threatened.

– Ron Paul

A system of capitalism presumes sound money, not fiat money manipulated by a central bank. Capitalism cherishes voluntary contracts and interest rates that are determined by savings, not credit creation by a central bank.

– Ron Paul

To me, to be a conservative means to conserve the good parts of America and to conserve our Constitution.

– Ron Paul

Real patriotism is a willingness to challenge the government when it’s wrong.

– Ron Paul

Of course I’ve already taken a very modest position on the monetary system, I do take the position that we should just end the Fed.

– Ron Paul

I think a submarine is a very worthwhile weapon. I believe we can defend ourselves with submarines and all our troops back at home. This whole idea that we have to be in 130 countries and 900 bases… is an old-fashioned idea.

– Ron Paul

Justifying conscription to promote the cause of liberty is one of the most bizarre notions ever conceived by man! Forced servitude, with the risk of death and serious injury as a price to live free, makes no sense.

– Ron Paul

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

– Ron Paul

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