Quotes from Ron Paul

Mr. Speaker, I once again find myself compelled to vote against the annual budget resolution for a very simple reason: it makes government bigger.

Our Constitution, which was intended to limit government power and abuse, has failed.

The law cannot make a wicked person virtuous…God's grace alone can accomplish such a thing.

1913 wasn't a very good year. 1913 gave us the income tax, the 16th amendment and the IRS.

Governments, whether they're dictatorships or democracies, reflect the people. When the people get fed up, they throw them out.

Freedom is living without government coercion. So when a politician talks about freedom for this group or that, ask yourself whether he is advocating more government action or less.

When one gets in bed with government, one must expect the diseases it spreads.

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

Real patriotism is a willingness to challenge the government when it's wrong.

I do not have much confidence in the political system and never did. My goal has always been to change people's minds because as long as people demand more government, they will get it.

America was born of protest, revolution, and mistrust of government. Subservient societies neither maintain nor deserve freedom for long.

Just think of what Woodrow Wilson stood for: he stood for world government. He wanted an early United Nations, League of Nations. But it was the conservatives, Republicans, that stood up against him.

I had the privilege of practicing medicine in the early '60s, before we had any government. It worked rather well, and there was nobody on the street suffering with no medical care.

Government is the enemy of conservatism and freedom.

It is dissent from government policies which defines the true Patriot

The Federal Reserve and Congress have systematically taught the American people to trust the government and that caution in spending is harmful to the economy.

We must educate ourselves and others about our precious civil liberties to ensure that we never accept demands that we give up our Constitution so that the government can pretend to protect us.

No matter how many pro-freedom politicians we elect to office, the only way to guarantee constitutional government is through an educated and activist public devoted to the ideals of liberty.

...[the federal] government [has no authority] to deliver a service,...and there's no evidence to show that government has ever been efficient [at] delivering...service.

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 for them?

But whether the resistance against government tyrants is non-violent or physically violent, the effort to overthrow state oppression qualifies as true patriotism.

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.

Once you get the government involved in agriculture you'll have nothing but problems and expenses.

It would help the poor people who need jobs. Minimum wage is a mandate. We're against mandates so why should we have it? It would be very beneficial.