I believe that when we overdo our military aggressiveness, what it does it actually weakens our national defense. I mean, we stood up to the Soviets. They had 40,000 nuclear weapons. Now we're fretting day in and day - night about third-world countries that have no army, navy or air force.

Ron Paul

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Truth is treason in the empire of lies. by Ron Paul

Truth is treason in the empire of lies.

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No single person, including the President of the United States, should ever be given the power to make a medical decision for potentially millions of Americans. Freedom over one's physical person is the most basic freedom of all, and people in a free society should be sovereign over their own bodies. When we give government the power to make medical decisions for us, we in essence accept that the state owns our bodies.

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Foreign aid is taking money from the poor people of a rich country and giving it to the rich people of a poor country.

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One thing is clear: The Founding Fathers never intended a nation where citizens would pay nearly half of everything they earn to the government.

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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.

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War is never economically beneficial except for those in position... by Ron Paul

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

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Libertarians are incapable of being a racist, because racism is a... by Ron Paul

Libertarians are incapable of being a racist, because racism is a collectivist idea.

racist racism ideas

Unskilled and inexperienced workers are the ones most often deprived of employment opportunities by increases in the minimum wage.

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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.

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You don't have a right to a house, you don't have a right to a job, you don't have a right to medical care.

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Racism is simply an ugly form of collectivism, the mindset that views humans strictly as members of groups rather than individuals.

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My message is simple - freedom works a lot better than the author... by Ron Paul

My message is simple - freedom works a lot better than the authoritarian style of government.

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Governments have nothing. They can't create anything, they never have. All they can do is steal from one group and give it to another at the destruction of the principles of freedom, and we ought to challenge that concept.

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I am convinced that there are more threats to American liberty within the 10-mile radius of my office on Capitol Hill than there are on the rest of the globe.

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If you sacrifice liberty for security, you will lose both. by Ron Paul

If you sacrifice liberty for security, you will lose both.

sacrifice liberty war

We need to get the government out of the way. Inflation hits the middle class and the poor the most. Those are the people who are losing it. We don't have enough competition. There's a doctor monopoly out there. We need alternative health care freely available to the people. They ought to be able to make their own choices and not controlled by the FDA preventing them to use some of the medications.

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The true patriot is motivated by a sense of responsibility and out of self-interest for himself, his family, and the future of his country to resist government abuse of power. He rejects the notion that patriotism means obedience to the state.

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Our Constitution, which was intended to limit government power an... by Ron Paul

Our Constitution, which was intended to limit government power and abuse, has failed.

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Liberty built civilization. It can rebuild civilization. by Ron Paul

Liberty built civilization. It can rebuild civilization.

built liberty civilization

We don't have the freedom of speech to talk about the weather. We have the first amendment so we can say some very controversial things.

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