--- title: "21 Believe Quotes By Ron Paul" description: "21 Believe quotes by Ron Paul. Plus more from Ron Paul and more Believe sayings from other authors." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/016/ron-paul-686_believe_if-global-warming-is-because-of-weather_775879.png" --- > [If global warming is because of weather changes - which a lot of people believe - there's not much we can do…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ron-paul/if-global-warming-is-because-of-weather-changes-which-a-lot-of-people/) [Ron Paul](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ron-paul/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/016/ron-paul-686_believe_if-global-warming-is-because-of-weather_775879.png) > [Liberty has meaning only if we still believe in it when terrible things happen and a false government security blanket beckons](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ron-paul/liberty-has-meaning-only-if-we-still-believe-in-it-when-terrible/) [Ron Paul](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ron-paul/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/23d/ron-paul-686_believe_liberty-has-meaning-only-if-we-still-bel_1421175.png) > [I believe that Israel is one of our most important friends in the world.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ron-paul/i-believe-that-israel-is-one-of-our-most-important-friends-in-the/) [Ron Paul](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ron-paul/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/b6e/ron-paul-686_believe_i-believe-that-israel-is-one-of-our-most_1768680.png) > [I believe only a free society can ever be truly secure. The goal should be to make terrorists feel threatened, not the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ron-paul/i-believe-only-a-free-society-can-ever-be-truly-secure-the-goal/) [Ron Paul](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ron-paul/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/87b/ron-paul-686_american-people_i-believe-only-a-free-society-can-ever-b_1256557.png) > [Though I don't personally believe that Bitcoin is true money, it should be perfectly legal, and there should be no restrictions on…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ron-paul/though-i-don-t-personally-believe-that-bitcoin-is-true-money-it/) [Ron Paul](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ron-paul/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/78a/ron-paul-686_believe_though-i-don-t-personally-believe-that-b_2232015.png) > [Let us give up our longing for welfare, our love of war, and our desire to see the government control and shape…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ron-paul/let-us-give-up-our-longing-for-welfare-our-love-of-war-and-our-desire/) [Ron Paul](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ron-paul/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/630/ron-paul-686_believe_let-us-give-up-our-longing-for-welfare-o_2535348.png) > [Everyone who believes in freedom must work diligently for sound money, fully redeemable. Nothing else is compatible with the humanitarian goals of…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ron-paul/everyone-who-believes-in-freedom-must-work-diligently-for-sound-money/) [Ron Paul](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ron-paul/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/0c1/ron-paul-686_believe_everyone-who-believes-in-freedom-must-wo_1204294.jpg) > [Too many members of Congress believe they can solve all economic problems, cure all social ills, and bring about worldwide peace and…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ron-paul/too-many-members-of-congress-believe-they-can-solve-all-economic/) [Ron Paul](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ron-paul/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/886/ron-paul-686_believe_too-many-members-of-congress-believe-the_3107424.png) > [Believe me, the intellectual revolution is going on, and that has to come first before you see the political changes. That's where…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ron-paul/believe-me-the-intellectual-revolution-is-going-on-and-that-has-to/) [Ron Paul](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ron-paul/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/22a/ron-paul-686_believe_believe-me-the-intellectual-revolution-i_1667282.png) > [I think a submarine is a very worthwhile weapon. I believe we can defend ourselves with submarines and all our troops back…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ron-paul/i-think-a-submarine-is-a-very-worthwhile-weapon-i-believe-we-can/) [Ron Paul](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ron-paul/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/576/ron-paul-686_bases_i-think-a-submarine-is-a-very-worthwhile_1998114.png) > [There's nothing wrong with being a Conservative and coming up with a Conservative believe in foreign policy where we have a strong…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ron-paul/there-s-nothing-wrong-with-being-a-conservative-and-coming-up-with-a/) [Ron Paul](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ron-paul/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/021/ron-paul-686_believe_there-s-nothing-wrong-with-being-a-conse_789685.png) > [When things go badly, individuals look for scapegoats. I just do not believe that barbed-wire fences or guns on our border will…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ron-paul/when-things-go-badly-individuals-look-for-scapegoats-i-just-do-not/) [Ron Paul](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ron-paul/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/634/ron-paul-686_barbed-wire_when-things-go-badly-individuals-look-fo_1441069.png) > [The federal war on drugs is a total failure... The federal government's going in there and overriding state laws... Why don't we…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ron-paul/the-federal-war-on-drugs-is-a-total-failure-the-federal-government-s/) [Ron Paul](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ron-paul/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/a41/ron-paul-686_alcohol_the-federal-war-on-drugs-is-a-total-fail_181270.jpg) > [And yet even among the friends of liberty, many people are deceived into believing that government can make them safe from all…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ron-paul/and-yet-even-among-the-friends-of-liberty-many-people-are-deceived/) [Ron Paul](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ron-paul/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/28e/ron-paul-686_achieve_and-yet-even-among-the-friends-of-libert_2887076.png) > [As bank customers, we tend to believe that we can have both perfect security for our money, drawing on it whenever we…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ron-paul/as-bank-customers-we-tend-to-believe-that-we-can-have-both-perfect/) [Ron Paul](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ron-paul/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/a0e/ron-paul-686_backing-up_as-bank-customers-we-tend-to-believe-tha_2639936.jpg) > [We need to surrender our attachments to government in every aspect of life. We need to give up our dependencies on the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ron-paul/we-need-to-surrender-our-attachments-to-government-in-every-aspect-of/) [Ron Paul](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ron-paul/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/614/ron-paul-686_believe_we-need-to-surrender-our-attachments-to_302369.jpg) > [Freedom is not defined by safety. Freedom is defined by the ability of citizens to live without government interference. Government cannot create…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ron-paul/freedom-is-not-defined-by-safety-freedom-is-defined-by-the-ability-of/) [Ron Paul](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ron-paul/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/ddf/ron-paul-686_ability_freedom-is-not-defined-by-safety-freedom_510503.png) > [I believe that when we overdo our military aggressiveness, what it does it actually weakens our national defense. I mean, we stood…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ron-paul/i-believe-that-when-we-overdo-our-military-aggressiveness-what-it/) [Ron Paul](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ron-paul/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/8f2/ron-paul-686_aggressiveness_i-believe-that-when-we-overdo-our-milita_2166107.png) > [Everybody complains about pork, but members of Congress keep spending because voters do not throw them out of office for doing so.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ron-paul/everybody-complains-about-pork-but-members-of-congress-keep-spending/) [Ron Paul](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ron-paul/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/52d/ron-paul-686_american-people_everybody-complains-about-pork-but-membe_349206.png) > [Believe me, the next step is a currency crisis because there will be a rejection of the dollar, the rejection of the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ron-paul/believe-me-the-next-step-is-a-currency-crisis-because-there-will-be-a/) [Ron Paul](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ron-paul/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/8d2/ron-paul-686_believe_believe-me-the-next-step-is-a-currency-c_1261251.png) > [We have a government that purposely counterfeits and debases the currencies, and I believe that the alternative would be a competition. That…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ron-paul/we-have-a-government-that-purposely-counterfeits-and-debases-the/) [Ron Paul](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ron-paul/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/47b/ron-paul-686_believe_we-have-a-government-that-purposely-coun_483028.png) ## Other authors on Believe ## More by Ron Paul > [Washington bureaucrats have classified the very air we exhale as a pollutant and have gone unchallenged in this incredible assertion. The logical consequence is…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ron-paul/washington-bureaucrats-have-classified-the-very-air-we-exhale-as-a/) [Ron Paul](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ron-paul/) > [I'm an imperfect messenger, but the message is perfect.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ron-paul/i-m-an-imperfect-messenger-but-the-message-is-perfect/) [Ron Paul](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ron-paul/) > [History has shown that the masses have been quite receptive to the promises of authoritarians which are rarely if ever fulfilled,](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ron-paul/history-has-shown-that-the-masses-have-been-quite-receptive-to-the/) [Ron Paul](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ron-paul/) > [The reality is that our military presence on foreign soil is as offensive to the people that live there as armed Chinese troops would…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ron-paul/the-reality-is-that-our-military-presence-on-foreign-soil-is-as/) [Ron Paul](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ron-paul/) > [Right now, nobody legalized paper money. Where did that come from.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ron-paul/right-now-nobody-legalized-paper-money-where-did-that-come-from/) [Ron Paul](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ron-paul/) > [Real patriotism is a willingness to challenge the government when it's wrong.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ron-paul/real-patriotism-is-a-willingness-to-challenge-the-government-when-it/) [Ron Paul](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ron-paul/) > [Expect the rapidly expanding homeschooling movement to play a significant role in the revolutionary reforms needed to build a free society with Constitutional protections.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ron-paul/expect-the-rapidly-expanding-homeschooling-movement-to-play-a/) [Ron Paul](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ron-paul/) > [“Intellectually and compassionately explaining the reason freedom works is required for credibility.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ron-paul/intellectually-and-compassionately-explaining-the-reason-freedom/) [Ron Paul](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ron-paul/) > [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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ron-paul/governments-have-nothing-they-can-t-create-anything-they-never-have/) [Ron Paul](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ron-paul/why-is-it-is-claimed-that-if-people-won-t-or-can-t-take-care-of-their/) [Ron Paul](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ron-paul/) > [It is dissent from government policies which defines the true Patriot](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ron-paul/it-is-dissent-from-government-policies-which-defines-the-true-patriot/) [Ron Paul](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ron-paul/the-moral-and-constitutional-obligations-of-our-representatives-in/) [Ron Paul](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ron-paul/) > [I will veto any spending bill that contains funding for Planned Parenthood, facilities that perform abortion and all government family planning schemes.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ron-paul/i-will-veto-any-spending-bill-that-contains-funding-for-planned/) [Ron Paul](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ron-paul/) > [Prices are going up. Unemployment is continue to go up. And we have not had the necessary correction for the financial bubble created by…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ron-paul/prices-are-going-up-unemployment-is-continue-to-go-up-and-we-have-not/) [Ron Paul](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ron-paul/) > [Scientifically, there's no debate over whether the fetus is alive and human.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ron-paul/scientifically-there-s-no-debate-over-whether-the-fetus-is-alive-and/) [Ron Paul](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ron-paul/) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/believe/ron-paul/#itemlist", "name": "21 Believe Quotes By Ron Paul", "numberOfItems": 21, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "If global warming is because of weather changes - which a lot of people believe - there's not much we can do to change the weather pattern.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Ron Paul" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ron-paul/if-global-warming-is-because-of-weather-changes-which-a-lot-of-people/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/016/ron-paul-686_believe_if-global-warming-is-because-of-weather_775879.png", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/016/ron-paul-686_believe_if-global-warming-is-because-of-weather_775879.png", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/016/ron-paul-686_believe_if-global-warming-is-because-of-weather_775879.png", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“If global warming is because of weather changes - which a lot of people believe - there's not much we can do…” — Ron Paul", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 2, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "Liberty has meaning only if we still believe in it when terrible things happen and a false government security blanket beckons", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Ron Paul" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ron-paul/liberty-has-meaning-only-if-we-still-believe-in-it-when-terrible/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/23d/ron-paul-686_believe_liberty-has-meaning-only-if-we-still-bel_1421175.png", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/23d/ron-paul-686_believe_liberty-has-meaning-only-if-we-still-bel_1421175.png", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/23d/ron-paul-686_believe_liberty-has-meaning-only-if-we-still-bel_1421175.png", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“Liberty has meaning only if we still believe in it when terrible things happen and a false government…” — Ron Paul", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 3, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "I believe that Israel is one of our most important friends in the world.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Ron Paul" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ron-paul/i-believe-that-israel-is-one-of-our-most-important-friends-in-the/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/b6e/ron-paul-686_believe_i-believe-that-israel-is-one-of-our-most_1768680.png", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/b6e/ron-paul-686_believe_i-believe-that-israel-is-one-of-our-most_1768680.png", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/b6e/ron-paul-686_believe_i-believe-that-israel-is-one-of-our-most_1768680.png", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“I believe that Israel is one of our most important friends in the world.” — Ron Paul", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 4, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "I believe only a free society can ever be truly secure. 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