--- title: "24 Policy Quotes By Ron Paul" description: "24 Policy quotes by Ron Paul. Plus more from Ron Paul and more Policy sayings from other authors." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/11d/ron-paul-686_building_bush-humble-foreign-policy-was-hijacked_436240.png" --- > [Bush humble foreign policy was hijacked into nation-building.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ron-paul/bush-humble-foreign-policy-was-hijacked-into-nation-building/) [Ron Paul](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ron-paul/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/11d/ron-paul-686_building_bush-humble-foreign-policy-was-hijacked_436240.png) > [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/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/025/ron-paul-686_dissent_it-is-dissent-from-government-policies-w_55696.png) > [When monetary policy destroys the currency, it always destroys the middle class.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ron-paul/when-monetary-policy-destroys-the-currency-it-always-destroys-the/) [Ron Paul](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ron-paul/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/5c1/ron-paul-686_always_when-monetary-policy-destroys-the-curren_1904305.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) > [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) > [The sad thing is, our foreign policy WILL change eventually, as Rome's did, when all budgetary and monetary tricks to fund it…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ron-paul/the-sad-thing-is-our-foreign-policy-will-change-eventually-as-rome-s/) [Ron Paul](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ron-paul/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/888/ron-paul-686_exhausted_the-sad-thing-is-our-foreign-policy-will_880718.png) > [In time it will become clear to everyone that support for the policies of pre-emptive war and interventionist nation-building will have much…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ron-paul/in-time-it-will-become-clear-to-everyone-that-support-for-the/) [Ron Paul](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ron-paul/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/9f5/ron-paul-686_building_in-time-it-will-become-clear-to-everyone_1680976.png) > [Throughout the 20th century, the Republican Party benefited from a non-interventionist foreign policy. Think of how Eisenhower came in to stop the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ron-paul/throughout-the-20th-century-the-republican-party-benefited-from-a-non/) [Ron Paul](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ron-paul/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/c1c/ron-paul-686_20th-century_throughout-the-20th-century-the-republic_1898852.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) > [America's heart and soul is more embedded in our love of liberty, self-reliance, and tolerance than by our foreign policy, driven by…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ron-paul/america-s-heart-and-soul-is-more-embedded-in-our-love-of-liberty-self/) [Ron Paul](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ron-paul/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/b96/ron-paul-686_america_america-s-heart-and-soul-is-more-embedde_194048.jpg) > [Outsourcing is a reflection of a bad economic environment domestically. If you fix that, you fix outsourcing. Our primary export is paper…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ron-paul/outsourcing-is-a-reflection-of-a-bad-economic-environment/) [Ron Paul](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ron-paul/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/398/ron-paul-686_economic_outsourcing-is-a-reflection-of-a-bad-eco_1938699.jpg) > [During the last campaign I knew what was happening. You know, they mocked me for my foreign policy and they laughed at…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ron-paul/during-the-last-campaign-i-knew-what-was-happening-you-know-they/) [Ron Paul](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ron-paul/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/804/ron-paul-686_campaigns_during-the-last-campaign-i-knew-what-was_2854185.png) > [Quantitative easing is just the latest chapter in the Federal Reserve’s hundred-year history of failure. (...) The American people have suffered long…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ron-paul/quantitative-easing-is-just-the-latest-chapter-in-the-federal-reserve/) [Ron Paul](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ron-paul/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/306/ron-paul-686_american-people_quantitative-easing-is-just-the-latest-c_429243.png) > [Americans are tired of the games and the lies of today's media. They want the truth. Imagine this. No censors, no barricades,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ron-paul/americans-are-tired-of-the-games-and-the-lies-of-today-s-media-they/) [Ron Paul](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ron-paul/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/4d8/ron-paul-686_able_americans-are-tired-of-the-games-and-the_1448782.jpg) > [From the Great Depression, to the stagflation of the seventies, to the current economic crisis caused by the housing bubble, every economic…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ron-paul/from-the-great-depression-to-the-stagflation-of-the-seventies-to-the/) [Ron Paul](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ron-paul/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/6e9/ron-paul-686_artificial_from-the-great-depression-to-the-stagfla_2486367.jpg) > [The greatest threat facing America today is the disastrous fiscal policies of our own government, marked by shameless deficit spending and Federal…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ron-paul/the-greatest-threat-facing-america-today-is-the-disastrous-fiscal/) [Ron Paul](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ron-paul/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/2ff/ron-paul-686_america_the-greatest-threat-facing-america-today_483647.png) > [I like Mitt Romney as a person. I think he's a dignified person. But I have no common ground on economics. He…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ron-paul/i-like-mitt-romney-as-a-person-i-think-he-s-a-dignified-person-but-i/) [Ron Paul](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ron-paul/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/e8d/ron-paul-686_campaigns_i-like-mitt-romney-as-a-person-i-think-h_1355028.jpg) > [I see this piece of legislation as essentially being a declaration of virtual war. It is giving the President tremendous powers to…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ron-paul/i-see-this-piece-of-legislation-as-essentially-being-a-declaration-of/) [Ron Paul](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ron-paul/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/141/ron-paul-686_decades_i-see-this-piece-of-legislation-as-essen_2873577.png) > [We're bankrupting our country and we have an empire that we're trying to defend which costs us $1 trillion a year. And…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ron-paul/we-re-bankrupting-our-country-and-we-have-an-empire-that-we-re-trying/) [Ron Paul](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ron-paul/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/6df/ron-paul-686_class_we-re-bankrupting-our-country-and-we-hav_848672.png) > [The reality is that our military presence on foreign soil is as offensive to the people that live there as armed Chinese…](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/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/676/ron-paul-686_chinese_the-reality-is-that-our-military-presenc_27068.png) > [Maybe we ought to consider a Golden Rule in foreign policy: Don't do to other nations what we don't want happening to…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ron-paul/maybe-we-ought-to-consider-a-golden-rule-in-foreign-policy-don-t-do/) [Ron Paul](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ron-paul/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/e23/ron-paul-686_bombs_maybe-we-ought-to-consider-a-golden-rule_1245303.jpg) > [I think the policy makers like the idea of being the boss. I mean people who like to boss other people around…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ron-paul/i-think-the-policy-makers-like-the-idea-of-being-the-boss-i-mean/) [Ron Paul](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ron-paul/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/96e/ron-paul-686_boss_i-think-the-policy-makers-like-the-idea_2640315.png) > [Cliches about supporting the troops are designed to distract from failed policies, policies promoted by powerful special interests that benefit from war,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ron-paul/cliches-about-supporting-the-troops-are-designed-to-distract-from/) [Ron Paul](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ron-paul/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/74a/ron-paul-686_benefits_cliches-about-supporting-the-troops-are_3071589.png) > [How did we win the election in the year 2000? We talked about a humble foreign policy: No nation-building; don't police the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ron-paul/how-did-we-win-the-election-in-the-year-2000-we-talked-about-a-humble/) [Ron Paul](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ron-paul/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/bb0/ron-paul-686_conservative_how-did-we-win-the-election-in-the-year_1967981.png) ## Other authors on Policy ## 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/policy/ron-paul/#itemlist", "name": "24 Policy Quotes By Ron Paul", "numberOfItems": 24, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "Bush humble foreign policy was hijacked into nation-building.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Ron Paul" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ron-paul/bush-humble-foreign-policy-was-hijacked-into-nation-building/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/11d/ron-paul-686_building_bush-humble-foreign-policy-was-hijacked_436240.png", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/11d/ron-paul-686_building_bush-humble-foreign-policy-was-hijacked_436240.png", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/11d/ron-paul-686_building_bush-humble-foreign-policy-was-hijacked_436240.png", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“Bush humble foreign policy was hijacked into nation-building.” — Ron Paul", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 2, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "It is dissent from government policies which defines the true Patriot", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Ron Paul" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ron-paul/it-is-dissent-from-government-policies-which-defines-the-true-patriot/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/025/ron-paul-686_dissent_it-is-dissent-from-government-policies-w_55696.png", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/025/ron-paul-686_dissent_it-is-dissent-from-government-policies-w_55696.png", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/025/ron-paul-686_dissent_it-is-dissent-from-government-policies-w_55696.png", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“It is dissent from government policies which defines the true Patriot” — Ron Paul", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 3, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "When monetary policy destroys the currency, it always destroys the middle class.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Ron Paul" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ron-paul/when-monetary-policy-destroys-the-currency-it-always-destroys-the/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/5c1/ron-paul-686_always_when-monetary-policy-destroys-the-curren_1904305.png", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/5c1/ron-paul-686_always_when-monetary-policy-destroys-the-curren_1904305.png", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/5c1/ron-paul-686_always_when-monetary-policy-destroys-the-curren_1904305.png", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“When monetary policy destroys the currency, it always destroys the middle class.” — Ron Paul", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 4, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "We need a smaller and elite military, as [Donald]Rumsfeld said - 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