--- title: "10 Defense Quotes By Ron Paul" description: "10 Defense quotes by Ron Paul. Plus more from Ron Paul and more Defense sayings from other authors." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/f6f/ron-paul-686_crime_legitimate-use-of-violence-can-only-be-t_302421.png" --- > [Legitimate use of violence can only be that which is required in self-defense.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ron-paul/legitimate-use-of-violence-can-only-be-that-which-is-required-in-self/) [Ron Paul](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ron-paul/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/f6f/ron-paul-686_crime_legitimate-use-of-violence-can-only-be-t_302421.png) > [We don't need any troops abroad-they don't help our defense.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ron-paul/we-don-t-need-any-troops-abroad-they-don-t-help-our-defense/) [Ron Paul](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ron-paul/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/9a3/ron-paul-686_defense_we-don-t-need-any-troops-abroad-they-don_773758.png) > [When the goal of political action is no longer the defense of liberty, no word other than demagoguery can describe the despicable…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ron-paul/when-the-goal-of-political-action-is-no-longer-the-defense-of-liberty/) [Ron Paul](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ron-paul/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/9e0/ron-paul-686_action_when-the-goal-of-political-action-is-no_1057364.png) > [What we need is a strong defense, but right now there is zero chance of an invasion by another country and right…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ron-paul/what-we-need-is-a-strong-defense-but-right-now-there-is-zero-chance/) [Ron Paul](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ron-paul/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/355/ron-paul-686_chance_what-we-need-is-a-strong-defense-but-rig_1228427.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) > [If I were in Congress in 1996, I would have voted for the Defense of Marriage Act, which used Congress's constitutional authority…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ron-paul/if-i-were-in-congress-in-1996-i-would-have-voted-for-the-defense-of/) [Ron Paul](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ron-paul/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/b87/ron-paul-686_authority_if-i-were-in-congress-in-1996-i-would-ha_1270495.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) > [General welfare is a general condition - maybe sound currency is general welfare, maybe markets, maybe judicial system, maybe a national defense,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ron-paul/general-welfare-is-a-general-condition-maybe-sound-currency-is/) [Ron Paul](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ron-paul/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/ddf/ron-paul-686_complexes_general-welfare-is-a-general-condition-m_3235630.jpg) > [If you like small government you need to work hard at having a strong national defense that is not so militant. Personal…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ron-paul/if-you-like-small-government-you-need-to-work-hard-at-having-a-strong/) [Ron Paul](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ron-paul/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/120/ron-paul-686_defense_if-you-like-small-government-you-need-to_2846537.png) > [The last line of defense in support of freedom and the Constitution consists of the people themselves. If the people want to…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ron-paul/the-last-line-of-defense-in-support-of-freedom-and-the-constitution/) [Ron Paul](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ron-paul/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/510/ron-paul-686_constitution_the-last-line-of-defense-in-support-of-f_2102158.png) ## Other authors on Defense ## 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/defense/ron-paul/#itemlist", "name": "10 Defense Quotes By Ron Paul", "numberOfItems": 10, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "Legitimate use of violence can only be that which is required in self-defense.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Ron Paul" }, "url": 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