Each of us should choose which course of action we must take; education, conventional political action, or even peaceful civil disobedience to bring about necessary changes, but let it not be said that we did nothing. Ron Paul More Quotes by Ron Paul More Quotes From Ron Paul 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 money war peace If you give up on your principles I don’t think that’s being pragmatic... Doing the wrong thing, even partially, isn’t being practical...if you have the right ideas and are forceful enough...I think you can get the support you need. 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Ron Paul gun might firsts 1913 wasn't a very good year. 1913 gave us the income tax, the 16th amendment and the IRS. Ron Paul irs good-years income Abortion on demand is the ultimate State tyranny; the State simply declares that certain classes of human beings are not persons, and therefore not entitled to the protection of the law. The State protects the 'right' of some people to kill others, just as the courts protected the 'property rights' of slave masters in their slaves. Moreover, by this method the State achieves a goal common to all totalitarian regimes: it sets us against each other, so that our energies are spent in the struggle between State-created classes, rather than in freeing all individuals from the State. Ron Paul struggle law class During the last campaign I knew what was happening. You know, they mocked me for my foreign policy and they laughed at my monetary policy. No more. No more. Ron Paul foreign-policy campaigns lasts 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 individual usa should To me, to be a conservative means to conserve the good parts of America and to conserve our Constitution. Ron Paul conservative mean america Have you noticed the debt is exploding? And it's not all because of Medicare. Ron Paul exploding medicare debt 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 humble winning father
