Latest Ron Paul Quotes from Interviews

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• I'm always looking for an opportunity to bring progressive Democrats together with some conservative libertarian types, because there are places where we can agree.

  Ron Paul

  Opportunity, Together, Libertarian

  "Reps. Barney Frank & Ron Paul on Military Spending". "The Situation Room", www.realclearpolitics.com. July 7, 2010.

• The federal government overrules state laws where state laws permit medicinal marijuana for people dying of cancer. The federal government goes in and arrests these people, put them in prison with mandatory, sometimes life sentences. This war on drugs is totally out of control. If you want to regulate cigarettes and alcohol and drugs, it should be at the state level.

  Ron Paul

  Cancer, War, Marijuana

  Source: www.nbcnews.com

• I'm not against the FBI investigation in doing a proper role, but I'm against the FBI spying on people like Martin Luther King. I'm against the CIA fighting secret wars and overthrowing government.

  Ron Paul

  Kings, War, Fighting

  “Meet the Press”, www.ontheissues.org. December 23, 2007.

• When you have war, whether it's a war against drugs, war against terrorism, war overseas, the mentality of the people change and they're more willing to sacrifice their liberties in order to be safe and secure.

  Ron Paul

  War, Sacrifice, Order

  Source: www.nbcnews.com

• The American people are sick and tired of Washington and the people who have been in charge have been passing all these bills and I've been voting no all of the time and vote no on these appropriation bills.

  Ron Paul

  Tired, People, Sick

  "Reps. Ron Paul, Michele Bachmann and Gov. Rick Perry on Final Push in Iowa". "Fox News Sunday With Chris Wallace", www.foxnews.com. January 1, 2012.

• If you drink too much, you go out and you harm to somebody, you have to suffer the consequences. Same way with health matters. You don't have the right to demand that someone else take care of you because of your habits.

  Ron Paul

  Suffering, Demand, Care

  "Reps. Ron Paul, Michele Bachmann and Gov. Rick Perry on Final Push in Iowa". "Fox News Sunday With Chris Wallace", www.foxnews.com. January 1, 2012.

• If people are smokers, don't they have to pay more? Sometimes, you get your insurance cheaper if you are a nonsmoker. So, let the markets sort this out and insurance sort it out, but not having dictates by the government saying thou, you must do this and your behavior doesn't matter, you know?

  Ron Paul

  Government, People, Pay

  "Reps. Ron Paul, Michele Bachmann and Gov. Rick Perry on Final Push in Iowa". "Fox News Sunday With Chris Wallace", www.foxnews.com. January 1, 2012.

• Sexually-transmitted diseases is caused by sexual activity and promiscuity it spreads diseases. That's been known, you know, about 400 or 500 years, that somehow these diseases are spread. If fault comes with people because of their personal behavior but it isn't to be placed on a burden on other people, innocent people, why should they have to pay for the consequences?

  Ron Paul

  Sexually Transmitted Diseases, Years, People

  "Reps. Ron Paul, Michele Bachmann and Gov. Rick Perry on Final Push in Iowa". "Fox News Sunday With Chris Wallace", www.foxnews.com. January 1, 2012.

• 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 the world and run the economy. So, my qualifications are a little bit different.

  Ron Paul

  Running, People, Perfect

  "Mike Huckabee Explains 2012 Decision; Rep. Ron Paul on His Presidential Bid; Sens. Durbin, Kyl Talk Immigration Reform, Debt Ceiling". "Fox News Sunday With Chris Wallace", www.foxnews.com. May 15, 2011.

• General welfare is a general condition - maybe sound currency is general welfare, maybe markets, maybe judicial system, maybe a national defense, but this is specific welfare. This justifies the whole welfare state - the military industrial complex, the welfare to foreigners, the welfare state that imprisons our people and impoverishes our people and gives us our recession.

  Ron Paul

  Military, People, Giving

  "Mike Huckabee Explains 2012 Decision; Rep. Ron Paul on His Presidential Bid; Sens. Durbin, Kyl Talk Immigration Reform, Debt Ceiling". "Fox News Sunday With Chris Wallace", www.foxnews.com. May 15, 2011.

• Article 1 Section 8 of the Constitution says Congress has the ability to coin money and regulate the currency and doesn't say anything about gold or silver.

  Ron Paul

  Say Anything, Gold, Coins

  Source: www.foxnews.com

• Why is it that some people, you know, think we should obey the Constitution sometimes and not other times.

  Ron Paul

  Thinking, People, Constitution

  Source: www.foxnews.com

• Right now, nobody legalized paper money. Where did that come from.

  Ron Paul

  Paper, Paper Money, Right Now

  Source: www.foxnews.com

• I want to just obey the Constitution.The Constitution says only gold and silver can be legal tender.

  Ron Paul

  Gold, Want, Constitution

  Source: www.foxnews.com

• When people become frightened, they look for things of real value. They will go to monetary metals, gold and silver, and they will buy other things, such as buying property. But no matter what we have, whether we have our gold coins or we have our property, if we have an authoritarian government, that is our greatest threat. So, I would like to think that there is no perfect protection, other than shrinking the size and scope and power of government, so that we can be left alone and take care of ourselves.

  Ron Paul

  Real, Thinking, Government

  Source: www.peakprosperity.com

• If people won't spend any money, the government has this moral obligation to do it.

  Ron Paul

  Government, People, Moral

  Source: www.peakprosperity.com

• I think the policy makers like the idea of being the boss. I mean people who like to boss other people around like to go into politics so they can become the boss.

  Ron Paul

  Mean, Thinking, Ideas

• We need to make sure that people can save all the money they spend on medical care by getting it back from their taxes, by reducing their tax burden.

  Ron Paul

  People, Needs, Care

  "The Candidates: Rep. Ron Paul". The Washington Post Live Q&As, www.washingtonpost.com. October 12, 2007.

• We have to restore confidence that the marketplace can deliver services as well as it can goods.

  Ron Paul

  Goods, Wells, Marketplace

  "The Candidates: Rep. Ron Paul". Live chat, www.washingtonpost.com. October 12, 2007.

• There's not much you can do about the bias of the media other than try to counteract it by putting the truth out best you can, and the Internet has been a great weapon for holding the media accountable.

  Ron Paul

  Media, Trying, Weapons

  "The Candidates: Rep. Ron Paul". The Washington Post Live Q&As, www.washingtonpost.com. October 12, 2007.

• Outsourcing is a reflection of a bad economic environment domestically. If you fix that, you fix outsourcing. Our primary export is paper money, and that should change if you change the monetary policy.

  Ron Paul

  Reflection, Paper, Environment

  "The Candidates: Rep. Ron Paul". Live chat, www.washingtonpost.com. October 12, 2007.

• My message is simple - freedom works a lot better than the authoritarian style of government.

  Ron Paul

  Simple, Government, Style

  Source: www.washingtonpost.com

• What we need is a strong defense, but right now there is zero chance of an invasion by another country and right now we have more firepower than all other countries put together.

  Ron Paul

  Country, Strong, Zero

  "The Candidates: Rep. Ron Paul". Live discussion, www.washingtonpost.com. October 12, 2007.

• We need a smaller and elite military, as [Donald]Rumsfeld said - and also a smaller and elite foreign policy.

  Ron Paul

  Military, Needs, Said

  Source: www.washingtonpost.com

• I'm not sure what Al Gore did for peace. I don't think he have been high on my list for the Nobel Peace Prize.

  Ron Paul

  Thinking, Als, Lists

  Source: www.washingtonpost.com