“I myself have never been an isolationist. I favor the very opposite of isolation: diplomacy, free trade, and freedom of travel. 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 o…”— Ron Paul, ronpaul.comTagged: Isolationism, Foreign Wars, Diplomacy, Free Trade
“Every election season America is presented with a series of false choices. Should we launch preemptive wars against this country or that one? Should every American neighborhood live under this social policy or that one? Should a third of our income be taken away by an income tax or a national sales…”— Ron Paul, ronpaul.comTagged: Income Tax, Foreign Wars
“In the American political lexicon, ‘change’ always means more of the same: more government, more looting of Americans, more inflation, more police-state measures, more unnecessary war, and more centralization of power.”— Ron Paul, ronpaul.comTagged: libertarian, Police State, Big Government
“Given that money is one half of every commercial transaction and that whole civilizations literally rise and fall based on the quality of their money, we are talking about an awesome power, one that flies under the cover of night. It is the power to weave illusions that appear real as long as they l…”— Ron Paul, ronpaul.comTagged: Federal Reserve, Banking
“We need to take away the government’s money power. The banking industry needs its welfare check ended. The dollar’s soundness depends on its being untied from the machine that can make an infinite number of copies of dollars and reduce their value to zero.”— Ron Paul, ronpaul.comTagged: Banking, Welfare
“One only needs to reflect on the dramatic decline in the value of the dollar that has taken place since the Fed was established in 1913. The goods and services you could buy for $1.00 in 1913 now cost nearly $21.00. Another way to look at this is from the perspective of the purchasing power of the d…”— Ron Paul, ronpaul.comTagged: Federal Reserve, Taxes, Bankers, Inflation