--- title: "22 Needs Quotes By Ron Paul" description: "22 Needs quotes by Ron Paul. Plus more from Ron Paul and more Needs sayings from other authors." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/9a3/ron-paul-686_defense_we-don-t-need-any-troops-abroad-they-don_773758.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) > [It is a dangerous notion that we need a government to protect us from ourselves.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ron-paul/it-is-a-dangerous-notion-that-we-need-a-government-to-protect-us-from/) [Ron Paul](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ron-paul/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/807/ron-paul-686_dangerous_it-is-a-dangerous-notion-that-we-need-a_767193.png) > [ We need a smaller and elite military, as \[Donald\]Rumsfeld said - and also a smaller and elite foreign policy. ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ron-paul/we-need-a-smaller-and-elite-military-as-donald-rumsfeld-said-and-also/) [Ron Paul](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ron-paul/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/e76/ron-paul-686_elites_we-need-a-smaller-and-elite-military-as_2646884.png) > [If you give up on your principles I don’t think that’s being pragmatic... Doing the wrong thing, even partially, isn’t being practical...if…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ron-paul/if-you-give-up-on-your-principles-i-don-t-think-that-s-being/) [Ron Paul](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ron-paul/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/fa9/ron-paul-686_enough_if-you-give-up-on-your-principles-i-don_2550976.png) > [We need to make sure that people can save all the money they spend on medical care by getting it back from…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ron-paul/we-need-to-make-sure-that-people-can-save-all-the-money-they-spend-on/) [Ron Paul](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ron-paul/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/dab/ron-paul-686_burden_we-need-to-make-sure-that-people-can-sav_1612736.png) > [If two parties with two sets of bad ideas cooperate, the result is not good policy, but policy that is extremely bad.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ron-paul/if-two-parties-with-two-sets-of-bad-ideas-cooperate-the-result-is-not/) [Ron Paul](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ron-paul/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/4cf/ron-paul-686_bad-idea_if-two-parties-with-two-sets-of-bad-idea_2685129.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) > [If you ever can bring about revolutionary changes, two things would be required: young people would have to be involved and you…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ron-paul/if-you-ever-can-bring-about-revolutionary-changes-two-things-would-be/) [Ron Paul](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ron-paul/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/117/ron-paul-686_change_if-you-ever-can-bring-about-revolutionar_657140.png) > [What we need to do is not only live within our means, but start paying down the deficit, and offer an opportunity…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ron-paul/what-we-need-to-do-is-not-only-live-within-our-means-but-start-paying/) [Ron Paul](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ron-paul/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/5fa/ron-paul-686_deficit_what-we-need-to-do-is-not-only-live-with_1261560.png) > [We need to understand the more government spends, the more freedom is lost...Instead of simply debating spending levels, we ought to be…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ron-paul/we-need-to-understand-the-more-government-spends-the-more-freedom-is/) [Ron Paul](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ron-paul/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/c1c/ron-paul-686_agency_we-need-to-understand-the-more-governmen_2250853.png) > [It would help the poor people who need jobs. Minimum wage is a mandate. We're against mandates so why should we have…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ron-paul/it-would-help-the-poor-people-who-need-jobs-minimum-wage-is-a-mandate/) [Ron Paul](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ron-paul/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/ad7/ron-paul-686_beneficial_it-would-help-the-poor-people-who-need-j_2883571.jpg) > [Some members of Congress will claim that the federal government needs the power to monitor Americans in order to allow the government…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ron-paul/some-members-of-congress-will-claim-that-the-federal-government-needs/) [Ron Paul](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ron-paul/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/060/ron-paul-686_claims_some-members-of-congress-will-claim-that_953197.jpg) > [Strictly speaking, it probably is not “necessary” for the federal government to tax anyone directly; it could simply print the money it…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ron-paul/strictly-speaking-it-probably-is-not-necessary-for-the-federal/) [Ron Paul](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ron-paul/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/229/ron-paul-686_combining_strictly-speaking-it-probably-is-not-nec_643439.jpg) > [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) > [We need to take away the government's money power. The banking industry needs its welfare check ended. The dollar's soundness depends on…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ron-paul/we-need-to-take-away-the-government-s-money-power-the-banking/) [Ron Paul](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ron-paul/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/324/ron-paul-686_banking_we-need-to-take-away-the-government-s-mo_3047548.png) > [We need to get the government out of the way. Inflation hits the middle class and the poor the most. Those are…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ron-paul/we-need-to-get-the-government-out-of-the-way-inflation-hits-the/) [Ron Paul](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ron-paul/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/2c4/ron-paul-686_able_we-need-to-get-the-government-out-of-the_452905.png) > [What you are inferring is, If we were to legalise heroin tomorrow everybody would use heroin. How many people here would start…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ron-paul/what-you-are-inferring-is-if-we-were-to-legalise-heroin-tomorrow/) [Ron Paul](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ron-paul/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/c5b/ron-paul-686_care_what-you-are-inferring-is-if-we-were-to_3054184.png) > [It is incumbent on a great nation to remain confident, if it wishes to remain free. We need not be ignorant to…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ron-paul/it-is-incumbent-on-a-great-nation-to-remain-confident-if-it-wishes-to/) [Ron Paul](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ron-paul/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/a40/ron-paul-686_ashes_it-is-incumbent-on-a-great-nation-to-rem_2033853.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) > [There's been a coup, have you heard? It's the CIA coup. The CIA runs everything, they run the military. They're the ones…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ron-paul/there-s-been-a-coup-have-you-heard-it-s-the-cia-coup-the-cia-runs/) [Ron Paul](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ron-paul/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/e1d/ron-paul-686_bits_there-s-been-a-coup-have-you-heard-it-s_3029007.jpg) > [Why is it is claimed that if people won't or can't take care of their own needs, that people in government can…](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/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/d5a/ron-paul-686_care_why-is-it-is-claimed-that-if-people-won_41751.png) > [If you care about your personal liberty, you'll be cautious when you feel comfortable, blame all the illegal immigrants for everything. What…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ron-paul/if-you-care-about-your-personal-liberty-you-ll-be-cautious-when-you/) [Ron Paul](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ron-paul/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/80e/ron-paul-686_be-cautious_if-you-care-about-your-personal-liberty_158331.jpg) ## Other authors on Needs ## 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/needs/ron-paul/#itemlist", "name": "22 Needs Quotes By Ron Paul", "numberOfItems": 22, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "We don't need any troops abroad-they don't help our defense.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Ron Paul" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ron-paul/we-don-t-need-any-troops-abroad-they-don-t-help-our-defense/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/9a3/ron-paul-686_defense_we-don-t-need-any-troops-abroad-they-don_773758.png", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/9a3/ron-paul-686_defense_we-don-t-need-any-troops-abroad-they-don_773758.png", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/9a3/ron-paul-686_defense_we-don-t-need-any-troops-abroad-they-don_773758.png", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“We don't need any troops abroad-they don't help our defense.” — Ron Paul", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 2, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "It is a dangerous notion that we need a government to protect us from ourselves.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Ron Paul" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ron-paul/it-is-a-dangerous-notion-that-we-need-a-government-to-protect-us-from/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/807/ron-paul-686_dangerous_it-is-a-dangerous-notion-that-we-need-a_767193.png", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/807/ron-paul-686_dangerous_it-is-a-dangerous-notion-that-we-need-a_767193.png", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/807/ron-paul-686_dangerous_it-is-a-dangerous-notion-that-we-need-a_767193.png", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“It is a dangerous notion that we need a government to protect us from ourselves.” — Ron Paul", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 3, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "We need a smaller and elite military, as [Donald]Rumsfeld said - and also a smaller and elite foreign policy.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Ron Paul" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ron-paul/we-need-a-smaller-and-elite-military-as-donald-rumsfeld-said-and-also/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/e76/ron-paul-686_elites_we-need-a-smaller-and-elite-military-as_2646884.png", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/e76/ron-paul-686_elites_we-need-a-smaller-and-elite-military-as_2646884.png", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/e76/ron-paul-686_elites_we-need-a-smaller-and-elite-military-as_2646884.png", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“We need a smaller and elite military, as [Donald]Rumsfeld said - and also a smaller and elite foreign policy.” — Ron Paul", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 4, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "If you give up on your principles I don’t think that’s being pragmatic... 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