One thing is clear: The Founding Fathers never intended a nation where citizens would pay nearly half of everything they earn to… — Ron Paul Copy Share Image
America was born of protest, revolution, and mistrust of government. Subservient societies neither maintain nor deserve freedom for long. — Ron Paul Copy Share Image
We need to understand the more government spends, the more freedom is lost...Instead of simply debating spending levels, we ought to be… — Ron Paul Copy Share Image
No matter how many pro-freedom politicians we elect to office, the only way to guarantee constitutional government is through an educated and… — Ron Paul Copy Share Image
I do not have much confidence in the political system and never did. My goal has always been to change people's minds… — Ron Paul Copy Share Image
One thing is certain: those who worked and voted for less government, the very foot soldiers in the conservative revolution, have been… — Ron Paul Copy Share Image
Both sides of the political spectrum must one day realize that limitless government intrusion in the economy, in our personal lives, and… — Ron Paul Copy Share Image
In the American political lexicon, 'change' always means more of the same: more government, more looting of Americans, more inflation, more police-state… — Ron Paul Copy Share Image
I hope every person who reads or hears this will take the time to go back and read the Declaration of Independence.… — Ron Paul Copy Share Image
Without question, the true goal of some in Congress is to create a system of socialized medicine. It's politically expedient to slap… — Ron Paul Copy Share Image
And yet even among the friends of liberty, many people are deceived into believing that government can make them safe from all… — Ron Paul Copy Share Image
Our federal government, which was intended to operate as a very limited constitutional republic, has instead become a virtually socialist leviathan that… — Ron Paul Copy Share Image
The federal war on drugs is a total failure... The federal government's going in there and overriding state laws... Why don't we… — Ron Paul Copy Share Image
When people become frightened, they look for things of real value. They will go to monetary metals, gold and silver, and they… — Ron Paul Copy Share Image
No single person, including the President of the United States, should ever be given the power to make a medical decision for… — Ron Paul Copy Share Image
Welfarism and excessive spending and deficits and socialism divide us, because everybody has to go to Washington. Those who have the biggest… — Ron Paul Copy Share Image
It's a mistake to think that poor people get the benefit from the welfare system. It's a total fraud. Most welfare go… — Ron Paul Copy Share Image
Freedom is not defined by safety. Freedom is defined by the ability of citizens to live without government interference. Government cannot create… — Ron Paul Copy Share Image
The true patriot is motivated by a sense of responsibility and out of self interest for himself, his family, and the future… — Ron Paul Copy Share Image
Let us give up our longing for welfare, our love of war, and our desire to see the government control and shape… — Ron Paul Copy Share Image
The theory of the IRS is rather repugnant to me because the assumption is made that I, the government, owns 100% of… — Ron Paul Copy Share Image
We have depended on government for so much for so long that we as people have become less vigilant of our liberties.… — Ron Paul Copy Share Image
The Boston bombing provided the opportunity for the government to turn what should have been a police investigation into a military-style occupation… — Ron Paul Copy Share Image
I grew up in Pittsburgh, where you couldn't even see the noon sun in the sky, and that whole city was cleaned… — Ron Paul Copy Share Image
Some members of Congress will claim that the federal government needs the power to monitor Americans in order to allow the government… — Ron Paul Copy Share Image
If it's not accepted that big government, fiat money, ignoring liberty, central economic planning, welfarism, and warfarism caused our crisis, we can… — Ron Paul Copy Share Image
Washington bureaucrats have classified the very air we exhale as a pollutant and have gone unchallenged in this incredible assertion. The logical… — Ron Paul Copy Share Image
The role of the federal government is to protect our liberties. That means they should protect our religious liberties to do what… — Ron Paul Copy Share Image
I am just absolutely convinced that the best formula for giving us peace and preserving the American way of life is freedom,… — Ron Paul Copy Share Image
I had the privilege of practicing medicine in the early '60s, before we had any government. It worked rather well, and there… — Ron Paul Copy Share Image
It’s amazing that people don’t understand that the more the market is involved and the smaller the government, the lower the price,… — Ron Paul Copy Share Image
The president and other government officials denounce school violence, yet still advocate for endless undeclared wars abroad and easy abortion at home.… — Ron Paul Copy Share Image
If people are smokers, don't they have to pay more? Sometimes, you get your insurance cheaper if you are a nonsmoker. So,… — Ron Paul Copy Share Image
We have a government that purposely counterfeits and debases the currencies, and I believe that the alternative would be a competition. That… — Ron Paul Copy Share Image
There is only one kind of freedom and that's individual liberty. Our lives come from our creator and our liberty comes from… — Ron Paul Copy Share Image
The Fourth Amendment is clear; we should be secure in our persons, houses, papers, and effects, and all warrants must have probable… — Ron Paul Copy Share Image
My understanding is that espionage means giving secret or classified information to the enemy. Since Snowden shared information with the American people,… — Ron Paul Copy Share Image
Politicians throughout history have tried to solve every problem conceivable to man, always failing to recognize that many of the problems we… — Ron Paul Copy Share Image
The Founding Fathers realized that "the power to tax is the power to destroy," which is why they did not give the… — Ron Paul Copy Share Image
There is nothing wrong with describing Conservatism as protecting the Constitution, protecting all things that limit government. Government is the enemy of… — Ron Paul Copy Share Image
Washington bureaucrats have classified the very air we exhale as a pollutant and have gone unchallenged in this incredible assertion. The logical consequence is… — Ron Paul Copy Share
History has shown that the masses have been quite receptive to the promises of authoritarians which are rarely if ever fulfilled, — Ron Paul Copy Share
The reality is that our military presence on foreign soil is as offensive to the people that live there as armed Chinese troops would… — Ron Paul Copy Share
Expect the rapidly expanding homeschooling movement to play a significant role in the revolutionary reforms needed to build a free society with Constitutional protections. — Ron Paul Copy Share
“Intellectually and compassionately explaining the reason freedom works is required for credibility.” — Ron Paul Copy Share
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… — Ron Paul Copy Share
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… — Ron Paul Copy Share
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… — Ron Paul Copy Share
I will veto any spending bill that contains funding for Planned Parenthood, facilities that perform abortion and all government family planning schemes. — Ron Paul Copy Share
Prices are going up. Unemployment is continue to go up. And we have not had the necessary correction for the financial bubble created by… — Ron Paul Copy Share
![“It's a mistake to think that poor people get the benefit from the welfare system. It's a total fraud. Most welfare go to the rich of this country: the military-industrial complex, the bankers, the foreign dictators, it's totally out of control. [...] This idea that the government has services or…” quote by Ron Paul](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/ec0/ron-paul-686_bankers_it-s-a-mistake-to-think-that-poor-people_1572601.png)
