--- title: "21 Knows Quotes By Ron Paul" description: "21 Knows quotes by Ron Paul. Plus more from Ron Paul and more Knows sayings from other authors." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/428/ron-paul-686_bigs_in-a-free-society-we-re-supposed-to-know_944282.png" --- > [In a free society we're supposed to know the truth. In a society where truth becomes treason, then we're in big trouble.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ron-paul/in-a-free-society-we-re-supposed-to-know-the-truth-in-a-society-where/) [Ron Paul](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ron-paul/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/428/ron-paul-686_bigs_in-a-free-society-we-re-supposed-to-know_944282.png) > [Why is it that some people, you know, think we should obey the Constitution sometimes and not other times.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ron-paul/why-is-it-that-some-people-you-know-think-we-should-obey-the/) [Ron Paul](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ron-paul/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/879/ron-paul-686_constitution_why-is-it-that-some-people-you-know-thin_1120761.png) > [I don't know how to run your life. I don't know how to run your life. I don't have the authority to…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ron-paul/i-don-t-know-how-to-run-your-life-i-don-t-know-how-to-run-your-life-i/) [Ron Paul](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ron-paul/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/13e/ron-paul-686_authority_i-don-t-know-how-to-run-your-life-i-don_2452075.png) > [In a free society, we are supposed to know the truth. In a society where truth becomes treason, we are in big…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ron-paul/in-a-free-society-we-are-supposed-to-know-the-truth-in-a-society/) [Ron Paul](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ron-paul/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/c34/ron-paul-686_bigs_in-a-free-society-we-are-supposed-to-kno_188670.png) > [You know, freedom is a very popular idea, and young people love it, and they're open to ideas. And they like principled…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ron-paul/you-know-freedom-is-a-very-popular-idea-and-young-people-love-it-and/) [Ron Paul](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ron-paul/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/34e/ron-paul-686_answers_you-know-freedom-is-a-very-popular-idea_916922.jpg) > [I would say nobody is perfect. I don't know all the answers. I have don't want to run people's lives and run…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ron-paul/i-would-say-nobody-is-perfect-i-don-t-know-all-the-answers-i-have-don/) [Ron Paul](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ron-paul/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/24c/ron-paul-686_answers_i-would-say-nobody-is-perfect-i-don-t-kn_2352964.png) > [You don't quit because you happen to be behind. You want to see how you do. And who knows? Maybe somebody will…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ron-paul/you-don-t-quit-because-you-happen-to-be-behind-you-want-to-see-how/) [Ron Paul](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ron-paul/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/81b/ron-paul-686_behind-you_you-don-t-quit-because-you-happen-to-be_1123317.png) > [If you have ever been robbed by a black teen-aged male, you know how unbelievably fleet-footed they can be.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ron-paul/if-you-have-ever-been-robbed-by-a-black-teen-aged-male-you-know-how/) [Ron Paul](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ron-paul/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/002/ron-paul-686_black_if-you-have-ever-been-robbed-by-a-black_2357061.png) > [What can you do? More and more Americans are carrying a gun in the car. An ex-cop I know advises that if…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ron-paul/what-can-you-do-more-and-more-americans-are-carrying-a-gun-in-the-car/) [Ron Paul](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ron-paul/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/f0c/ron-paul-686_advise_what-can-you-do-more-and-more-americans_518045.png) > [The role of the federal government is to protect our liberties. That means they should protect our religious liberties to do what…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ron-paul/the-role-of-the-federal-government-is-to-protect-our-liberties-that/) [Ron Paul](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ron-paul/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/997/ron-paul-686_body_the-role-of-the-federal-government-is-to_484296.jpg) > [The Fourth Amendment is clear; we should be secure in our persons, houses, papers, and effects, and all warrants must have probable…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ron-paul/the-fourth-amendment-is-clear-we-should-be-secure-in-our-persons/) [Ron Paul](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ron-paul/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/7a1/ron-paul-686_amendments_the-fourth-amendment-is-clear-we-should_260662.png) > [Sexually-transmitted diseases is caused by sexual activity and promiscuity it spreads diseases. That's been known, you know, about 400 or 500 years,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ron-paul/sexually-transmitted-diseases-is-caused-by-sexual-activity-and/) [Ron Paul](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ron-paul/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/5ab/ron-paul-686_activity_sexually-transmitted-diseases-is-caused_3208106.jpg) > [If people are smokers, don't they have to pay more? Sometimes, you get your insurance cheaper if you are a nonsmoker. So,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ron-paul/if-people-are-smokers-don-t-they-have-to-pay-more-sometimes-you-get/) [Ron Paul](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ron-paul/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/f79/ron-paul-686_behavior_if-people-are-smokers-don-t-they-have-to_307755.jpg) > [The Founding Fathers realized that "the power to tax is the power to destroy," which is why they did not give the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ron-paul/the-founding-fathers-realized-that-the-power-to-tax-is-the-power-to/) [Ron Paul](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ron-paul/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/e40/ron-paul-686_father_the-founding-fathers-realized-that-the-p_602396.png) > [The government does not need to know more about what we are doing. We need to know more about what the government…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ron-paul/the-government-does-not-need-to-know-more-about-what-we-are-doing-we/) [Ron Paul](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ron-paul/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/274/ron-paul-686_american-people_the-government-does-not-need-to-know-mor_1243483.png) > [You know, the greatest hoax I think that has been around in many, many years if not hundreds of years has been…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ron-paul/you-know-the-greatest-hoax-i-think-that-has-been-around-in-many-many/) [Ron Paul](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ron-paul/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/44a/ron-paul-686_climate_you-know-the-greatest-hoax-i-think-that_2485248.jpg) > [Intervention in Syria is not an option. President Obama has already helped foment this civil war and supported the al-Qaeda jihadists. This…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ron-paul/intervention-in-syria-is-not-an-option-president-obama-has-already/) [Ron Paul](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ron-paul/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/a4b/ron-paul-686_al-qaeda_intervention-in-syria-is-not-an-option-p_475353.jpg) > [We are talking about an awesome power. It is the power to weave illusions that appear real as long as they last.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ron-paul/we-are-talking-about-an-awesome-power-it-is-the-power-to-weave/) [Ron Paul](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ron-paul/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/e80/ron-paul-686_complexity_we-are-talking-about-an-awesome-power-it_1196013.png) > [We in the Congress have a moral and constitutional obligation to protect the value of the dollar and to understand why it…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ron-paul/we-in-the-congress-have-a-moral-and-constitutional-obligation-to/) [Ron Paul](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ron-paul/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/5af/ron-paul-686_central-bank_we-in-the-congress-have-a-moral-and-cons_507740.png) > [What else do we need to know about the political establishment than that it refuses to discuss the crimes that terrify Americans…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ron-paul/what-else-do-we-need-to-know-about-the-political-establishment-than/) [Ron Paul](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ron-paul/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/b0b/ron-paul-686_asian_what-else-do-we-need-to-know-about-the-p_1002520.png) > [Al-Awlaki was born here, he is an American citizen. He was never tried or charged for any crimes. No one knows if…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ron-paul/al-awlaki-was-born-here-he-is-an-american-citizen-he-was-never-tried/) [Ron Paul](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ron-paul/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/7ea/ron-paul-686_accepted_al-awlaki-was-born-here-he-is-an-america_2169913.jpg) ## Other authors on Knows ## 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/knows/ron-paul/#itemlist", "name": "21 Knows Quotes By Ron Paul", "numberOfItems": 21, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "In a free society we're supposed to know the truth. In a society where truth becomes treason, then we're in big trouble. 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