Quotes by 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

Life

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

— Ron Paul

Wisdom

If you like small government you need to work hard at having a strong national defense that is not so militant. Personal liberty is the purpose of government, to protect liberty - not to run your personal life, not to run the economy, and not to pretend that we can tell the world how they ought to live.

— Ron Paul

Success

There is only one kind of freedom and that's individual liberty. Our lives come from our creator and our liberty comes from our creator. It has nothing to do with government granting it.

— Ron Paul

Freedom

1913 wasn't a very good year. 1913 gave us the income tax, the 16th amendment and the IRS.

— Ron Paul

Wisdom

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

Wisdom

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

Freedom

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

Wisdom

Maybe we ought to consider a Golden Rule in foreign policy: Don't do to other nations what we don't want happening to us. We endlessly bomb these countries and then we wonder why they get upset with us?

— Ron Paul

Wisdom

Setting a good example is a far better way to spread ideals than through force of arms.

— Ron Paul

Wisdom

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

Wisdom

The moral and constitutional 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

Freedom

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

— Ron Paul

Wisdom

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

— Ron Paul

Wisdom

I like Mitt Romney as a person. I think he's a dignified person. But I have no common ground on economics. He doesn't worry about the Federal Reserve. He doesn't worry about foreign policy. He doesn't talk about civil liberties, so I would have a hard time to expect him to ever invite me to campaign with him.

— Ron Paul

Wisdom

I would like to restore your right to drink raw milk anytime you like.

— Ron Paul

Wisdom

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

Wisdom

You wanna get rid of drug crime in this country? Fine, let's just get rid of all the drug laws.

— Ron Paul

Wisdom

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

— Ron Paul

Wisdom

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

Wisdom

Our country's founders cherished liberty, not democracy.

— Ron Paul

Freedom

I am absolutely opposed to a national ID card. This is a total contradiction of what a free society is all about. The purpose of government is to protect the secrecy and the privacy of all individuals, not the secrecy of government. We don't need a national ID card.

— Ron Paul

Wisdom

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

Hope

Cliches about supporting the troops are designed to distract from failed policies, policies promoted by powerful special interests that benefit from war, anything to steer the discussion away from the real reasons the war in Iraq will not end anytime soon.

— Ron Paul

Wisdom