Do they think if we destroy our freedoms for the terrorists they will no longer have a reason to attack us? Ron Paul More Quotes by Ron Paul More Quotes From Ron Paul 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 liberty government kind 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 powerful real war 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. 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The federal government's going in there and overriding state laws... Why don't we handle the drugs like we handle alcohol? ... I fear the drug war because it undermines our civil liberties. It magnifies our problems on the borders. We've spent over the last 40 years a trillion dollars on this war and - believe me - the kids can still get the drugs. It just hasn't worked. Ron Paul war believe kids Privacy IS freedom. Leave us alone! Ron Paul privacy freedom I wish I could say I was shocked at the reports the NSA is secretly spying on the private phone calls of millions of Verizon customers. However, this is a predictable result of a government that continues to erode our liberties while promising some glimmering hope of security. Ron Paul nsa phones government We should have a strong president. Strong enough to resist the temptation of taking power that a president shouldn't have. Ron Paul strong temptation should-have The most sinister of all taxes is the inflation tax and it is the most regressive. It hits the poor and the middle class. When you destroy a currency by creating money out of thin air to pay the bills, the value of the dollar goes down, and people get hit with a higher cost of living. It's the middle class that's being wiped out. It is most evil of all taxes. Ron Paul cost-of-living air class It is true that liberty is not free, nor is it easy. But tyranny - even varying degrees of it - is much more difficult, and much more expensive. The time has come to rein in the federal government, put it on a crash diet, and let the people keep their money and their liberty. Ron Paul liberty government people When we finally decide that drug prohibition has been no more successful than alcohol prohibition, the drug dealers will disappear. Ron Paul drug alcohol successful You wanna get rid of drug crime in this country? 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