Original: «Freedom is not defined by safety. Freedom is defined by the ability of citizens to live without government interference. Government cannot create a world without risks, nor would we really wish to live in such a fictional place. Only a totalitarian society would even claim absolute safety as a worthy ideal, because it would require total state control over its citizens’ lives».
Fuente: Chase the Rabbit. Grieger, F. A. WestBow Press, 2015. ISBN 9781490862897. En google libros. https://books.google.es/books?id=NFpqCAAAQBAJ&pg=PT24&dq=Chase+the+Rabbit&hl=es&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwjYy6fXk_rmAhVuAGMBHfKKB-0Q6AEIKzAA#v=onepage&q=Freedom%20is%20not%20defined%20by%20safety.%20Freedom%20is%20defined%20&f=false Consultado el 10 de enero de 2020.
Frases célebres de Ron Paul
Original: «One thing is clear: The Founding Fathers never intended a nation where citizens would pay nearly half of everything they earn to the government».
Fuente: How Do I Tax Thee?: A Field Guide to the Great American Rip-Off. Tate, Kristin. St. Martin's Publishing Group, 2018. ISBN 9781250169679. Página 197. En google libros. https://books.google.es/books?id=N4VCDwAAQBAJ&printsec=frontcover&dq=How+Do+I+Tax+Thee?:+A+Field+Guide+to+the+Great+American+Rip-Off&hl=es&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwje7ZfKjvrmAhWZD2MBHUWtChEQ6AEIKDAA#v=onepage&q=One%20thing%20is%20clear%3A%20The%20Founding%20Fathers%20never%20intended%20&f=false Consultado el 10 de enero de 2020.
«I am just absolutely convinced that the best formula for giving us peace and preserving the American way of life is freedom, limited government, and minding our own business overseas».
Fuente: Foreign Policy of Freedom. Paul, Ron. Ludwig von Mises Institute. ISBN 9781610164474. Página 176. En google libros. https://books.google.es/books?id=-138BbPZOggC&printsec=frontcover&dq=Foreign+Policy+of+Freedom&hl=es&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwj8v8qZg_rmAhXdQEEAHY0kBEcQ6AEIKDAA#v=onepage&q=I%20am%20just%20absolutely%20convinced%20&f=false Consultado el 10 de enero de 2020.
Original: «The most important element of a free society, where individual rights are held in the highest esteem, is the rejection of the initiation of violence».
Fuente: Freedom Under Siege. Paul, Ron. Ludwig von Mises Institute, 2007. ISBN 9781610164443. En google libros. https://books.google.es/books?id=tw4v7kEZetkC&pg=PA38&dq=The+most+important+element+of+a+free+society,+where+individual+rights+are+held+in+the+highest+esteem,+is+the+rejection+of+the+initiation+of+violence&hl=es&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwjXjIXB_vnmAhUS8uAKHbwYBN4Q6AEIKDAA#v=onepage&q=The%20most%20important%20element%20of%20a%20free%20society%2C%20where%20individual%20rights%20are%20held%20in%20the%20highest%20esteem%2C%20is%20the%20rejection%20of%20the%20initiation%20of%20violence&f=false Consultado el 10 de enero de 2020.
Original: «Setting a good example is a far better way to spread ideals than through force of arms».
Fuente: We the Who?: A Citizen’S Manifesto on America. Lewis, Brett H. iUniverse, 2013. ISBN 9781491708675. Página 146. En google libros. https://books.google.es/books?id=BzWGAgAAQBAJ&pg=PA146&dq=Setting+a+good+example+is+a+far+better+way+to+spread+ideals+than+through+force+of+arms&hl=es&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwi66te28vnmAhUlAmMBHYg5C_kQ6AEIKDAA#v=onepage&q=Setting%20a%20good%20example%20is%20a%20far%20better%20way%20to%20spread%20ideals%20than%20through%20force%20of%20arms&f=false Consultado el 10 de enero de 2020.
“If the government can´t keep drugs out of their own prisons, how can they do it at any place else?”
Ron Paul Frases y Citas
“Peace is a powerful message… logic tells us that we can make a better world in a much easier way than causing wars.”
“They don´t come here to attack us because we are rich and we are free, they come and they attack us beacause we are over there ¿What would we think if other foreign countries were doing that to us?”
“I´m Ron Paul. I´m a Congressman from Texas, serving my 10th term. I am the champion of the Constitution.”
“If you really want to solve the problems of poverty, unemployment and economic concerns, yo have to believe in the Free Market. Free Market is humanitarian, it´s the government´s force that is inhumane.”
“Los Fundadores de nuestro país apreciaban la libertad, no la democracia.”
“Our country’s founders cherished liberty, not democracy.”
Ron Paul: Frases en inglés
1992
October
Blast 'Em?
Ron Paul Political Report
2
http://www.tnr.com/sites/default/files/PR_Oct92_p2.pdf
Disputed, Newsletters, Ron Paul Political Report
Speech on the Patriot Act, 2003 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6O7D7nDF0U8
2000s, 2001-2005
Is this reality or just a bad dream? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zdXh6ASMfpc (19 May 2009)
2000s, 2006-2009
Contexto: The title to my special order tonight is 'Current Conditions or Just a Bad Dream'.
Could it all be a bad dream or a nightmare? Is it my imagination or have we lost our minds? It's surreal, it's just not believable. A grand absurdity, a great deception, a delusion of momentous proportions based on preposterous notions and on ideas whose time should never have come. Simplicity, grossly distorted and complicated. Insanity, passed off as logic. Grandiose schemes built on falsehoods with the morality of Ponzi and Madoff. Evil described as virtue. Ignorance pawned off as wisdom. Destruction and impoverishment in the name of humanitarianism. Violence, the tool of change. Preventive wars used as a road to peace. Tolerance delivered by government guns. Reactionary views in the guise of progress. An empire replacing the republic. Slavery sold as liberty. Excellence and virtue traded for mediocrity. Socialism to save capitalism. A government out of control, unrestrained by the constitution, the rule of law or morality. Bickering over petty politics as we descend into chaos. The philosophy that destroys us is not even defined.
We have broken from reality a psychotic nation. Ignorance with a pretense of knowledge replacing wisdom. Money does not grow on trees, nor does prosperity come from a government printing press or escalating deficits. We are now in the midst of unlimited spending of the people's money. Exorbitant taxation, deficits of trillions of dollars spent on a failed welfare-warfare system. An epidemic of cronyism. Unlimited supplies of paper money equated with wealth. A central bank that deliberately destroys the value of the currency in secrecy, without restraint, without nary a whimper, yet cheered on by the pseudo-capitalists of Wall Street, the military-industrial complex, and Detroit.
We police our world empire with troops on 700 bases and in 130 countries around the world. A dangerous war now spreads throughout the Middle East and Central Asia. Thousands of innocent people being killed as we become known as the torturers of the 21st century. We assume that by keeping the already known torture pictures from the public's eye, we will be remembered only as a generous and good people. If our enemies want to attack us only because we are free and rich, proof of torture would be irrelevant. The sad part of all this is that we have forgotten what made America great, good and prosperous. We need to quickly refresh our memories and once again reinvigorate our love, understanding, and confidence in liberty. The status quo cannot be maintained considering the current conditions. Violence and lost liberty will result without some revolutionary thinking. We must escape from the madness of crowds now gathering.
The good news is that reversal is achievable through peaceful and intellectual means, and fortunately the number of those who care are growing exponentially. Of course it could all be a bad dream, a nightmare, and that I'm seriously mistaken, overreacting, and that my worries are unfounded. I hope so. But just in case, we ought to prepare ourselves for revolutionary changes in the not-too-distant future.
I yield back the balance of my time.
Emotion should never dictate policy https://web.archive.org/web/20120119215614/http://www.ronpaularchive.com/1998/01/emotion-should-never-dictate-policy/ (January 12, 1998).
Press conference regarding the impeachment of President Clinton, 1998.
1990s
Contexto: In the emotion of the moment, people often say and do reckless things. For the individual, that can have deep ramifications. But when it is a single individual acting unreasonably in the throes of emotion in the face of sorrow, then the consequences are borne by only that person and his family. But when the government behaves recklessly in response to a tragedy, the consequences can be felt by everyone. This is especially true when politicians get in on the act. We can think back no further than July of 1996, when a plane carrying several hundred people suddenly and mysteriously crashed off the coast of Long Island. Within days, Congress had passed emergency legislation calling for costly new security measures, including a controversial “screening” method which calls for airlines to arbitrarily detain passengers just because the person meets certain criteria which border on racist and xenophobic.
"I advocate the same foreign policy the Founding Fathers would", open letter to the Union Leader http://www.unionleader.com/article.aspx?articleId=cc287b0f-941c-4b07-88e9-9e992810f700,Union Leader (2007)
2000s, 2006-2009
Contexto: It is not we non-interventionists who are isolationists. The real isolationists are those who impose sanctions and embargoes on countries and peoples across the globe because they disagree with the internal and foreign policies of their leaders. The real isolationists are those who choose to use force overseas to promote democracy, rather than seek change through diplomacy, engagement, and by setting a positive example.
“War is not popular. People get killed, and body bags end up coming back.”
A Foreign Policy of Freedom: Peace, Commerce, and Honest Friendship, p. 206.
Contexto: War is not popular. It may seem popular in the short run, when there appears to be an immediate victory and everyone is gloating but war is not popular. War is not popular. People get killed, and body bags end up coming back. War is very unpopular, and it is not the politically smart thing to do.
In response to the question "What is your opinion on direct democracy, where the citizens themselves make law, rather than elected representatives?" https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p-nfaTZNWcI (May 14, 2015)
2010s
1990s
Contexto: We have depended on government for so much for so long that we as people have become less vigilant of our liberties. As long as the government provides largesse for the majority, the special interest lobbyists will succeed in continuing the redistribution of welfare programs that occupies most of Congress's legislative time.
Speech in the House of Representatives, September 17, 1997
Repeal Of The Davis-Bacon Law https://web.archive.org/web/20120119214747/http://www.ronpaularchive.com/1997/10/repeal-of-the-davis-bacon-law/ (23 October 1997).
1990s
Contexto: Because most minority-owned construction firms are small companies, Davis-Bacon keeps minority-owned firms from competing for Federal construction contracts. The resulting disparities in employment create a demand for affirmative action, another ill-suited and ill-advised Big Government program. The racist effects of Davis-Bacon are no mere coincidence. In fact, many original supporters of Davis-Bacon, such as Representative Clayton Allgood, bragged about supporting Davis-Bacon as a means of keeping cheap colored labor out of the construction industry.
“I didn't write them, I didn't read them at the time, and I disavow them.”
Ron Paul Walks Out On CNN Interview http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/fact-checker/post/ron-paul-and-the-racist-newsletters-fact-checker-biography/2011/12/21/gIQAKNiwBP_blog.html (December 21, 2011)
2010s
Contexto: Paul: I didn't write them, I disavow them...
Q: So you read them, but didn't do anything.
Paul: I never read that stuff. I was probably aware of it ten years after it was written... it's going on twenty years that people have pestered me about this.
Q: Well, wouldn't you say it's a legitimate question?
Paul: When you get the answer, it's legitimate that you sorta take the answer I give. You know what the answer is? "I didn't write them, I didn't read them at the time, and I disavow them."
None of Your Business! https://web.archive.org/web/20120127122559/http://www.ronpaularchive.com/2004/07/none-of-your-business (12 July 2004).
2000s, 2001-2005
Contexto: I introduced an amendment last week that would have eliminated funds for this intrusive survey in a spending bill, explaining on the House floor that perhaps the American people dont appreciate being threatened by Big Brother. The amendment was met by either indifference or hostility, as most members of Congress either dont care about or actively support government snooping into the private affairs of citizens. One of the worst aspects of the census is its focus on classifying people by race. When government tells us it wants information to help any given group, it assumes every individual who shares certain physical characteristics has the same interests, or wants the same things from government. This is an inherently racist and offensive assumption. The census, like so many federal policies and programs, inflames racism by encouraging Americans to see themselves as members of racial groups fighting each other for a share of the federal pie.
“It is not we non-interventionists who are isolationists.”
The real isolationists are those who impose sanctions and embargoes on countries and peoples across the globe because they disagree with the internal and foreign policies of their leaders. The real isolationists are those who choose to use force overseas to promote democracy, rather than seek change through diplomacy, engagement, and by setting a positive example.
"I advocate the same foreign policy the Founding Fathers would", open letter to the Union Leader http://www.unionleader.com/article.aspx?articleId=cc287b0f-941c-4b07-88e9-9e992810f700, Union Leader (2007)
2000s, 2006-2009
“But let it not be said that we did nothing.”
In the Name of Patriotism (Who are the Patriots?), May 22, 2007 http://www.house.gov/paul/congrec/congrec2007/cr0522107.htm http://www.lewrockwell.com/paul/paul388.html
2000s, 2006-2009
Contexto: The original American patriots were those individuals brave enough to resist with force the oppressive power of King George. I accept the definition of patriotism as that effort to resist oppressive state power. The true patriot is motivated by a sense of responsibility, and out of self interest -- for himself, his family, and the future of his country -- to resist government abuse of power. He rejects the notion that patriotism means obedience to the state. [... ] Resistance to illegal and unconstitutional usurpation of our rights is required. Each of us must choose which course of action we should take: education, conventional political action, or even peaceful civil disobedience to bring about necessary changes. But let it not be said that we did nothing. Let not those who love the power of the welfare/warfare state label the dissenters of authoritarianism as unpatriotic or uncaring. Patriotism is more closely linked to dissent than it is to conformity and a blind desire for safety and security. Understanding the magnificent rewards of a free society makes us unbashful in its promotion, fully realizing that maximum wealth is created and the greatest chance for peace comes from a society respectful of individual liberty.
Statement on the Congressional Education Plan, May 23, 2001 http://www.house.gov/paul/congrec/congrec2001/cr052301.htm
2000s, 2001-2005
The Morton Downey Jr. Show, July 4, 1988 youtube.com https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GCxDrfs4GtM&t=854
1980s
Contexto: Question: Your solutions, on stopping drug trade, is, give up, give up to world drugs. I say zero tolerance, we use the military for aid, we stop it from getting into the country, we cut it off at the source. Why give up on that fight?
Ron Paul: What we give up on is a tyrannical approach to solving a social and medical problem, and We endorse the idea of voluntarism, self-responsibility, family, friends, and churches to solve problems, rather than saying that some monolithic government is going to make you take care of yourself and be a better person. It's a preposterous notion, it never worked, it never will. The government can't make you a better person, it can't make you follow good habits. Why don't they put you on a diet; you're a little overweight, and i think you need government help!
Interview by Jan Mickelson, August 9, 2007 http://www.mickelson.libsyn.com/index.php?post_year=2007&post_month=08
2000s, 2006-2009
Interview by Joseph Murtagh, June 28, 2007 http://www.muckrakerreport.com/id447.html
2000s, 2006-2009
The War on Religion
LewRockwell.com
2003-12-30
http://www.lewrockwell.com/paul/paul148.html
2000s, 2001-2005
Your World with Neil Cavuto, FOX News, May 15, 2007 http://www.newshounds.us/2007/05/16/rep_ron_paul_tells_fox_newsrepublicans_the_truth_they_dont_like_hearing_it.php http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MU2RK0TNbXk
2000s, 2006-2009
Statement on the Iraq War Resolution http://www.house.gov/paul/congrec/congrec2007/cr021407.htm (February 14, 2007).
2000s, 2006-2009
Fox News Sunday
2011-05-15, quoted in * Ron Paul Calls Social Security and Medicare Unconstitutional, Compares Them to ‘Slavery’
Think Progress
2011-05-15
Ian
Millhiser
http://thinkprogress.org/politics/2011/05/15/166363/paul-ss-medicare-slavery/
2011-08-28
2011
Before the US House of Representatives, introducing the The Federal Reserve Board Abolition Act, H.R. 833. http://www.lewrockwell.com/paul/paul504.html (9 February 2009)
2000s, 2006-2009
Interview by Mac McKoy on KWQW, December 17, 2007 http://ca.youtube.com/watch?v=x3lxo9WIR6w
2000s, 2006-2009
GOP debate, Dearborn, Michigan, October 9, 2007 http://www.freep.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20071009/NEWS02/71009073
2000s, 2006-2009
The American View, August 25, 2007 http://theamericanview.com/index.php?id=898
2000s, 2006-2009
Letter to chairman of the RNC http://www.textfiles.com/politics/ron_paul.txt Frank Fahrenkopf (March 1987).
1980s
A: "Because he's a fake. I find it sort of fascinating how when people are running for office they're really fiscally conservative. When they're in office, they vote for something different, and then when they explain themselves they say "Oh! I want to repeal that." So the Senator voted for No Child Left Behind. He voted for it, but now he's running on the effort to get rid of it!.....This loses credibility." https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YZPexbzJUU4
2012
Your World with Neil Cavuto, FOX News, December 19, 2007 http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,317536,00.html http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CrRtZaG63o8
2000s, 2006-2009
Interview by Laura Knoy on NHPR, June 5, 2007 http://info.nhpr.org/node/13016
2000s, 2006-2009
GOP Presidential Forum at Morgan State University http://www.tigerdroppings.com/rant/p/30724045/Stands-on-race-Paul-can-not-deny.aspx, September 27, 2007
2000s, 2006-2009
