What is the most powerful Ron Paul Quote?

[awake]

Looking for some help on this one...

[iddo]

after you find it, be sure to add it to http://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/Ron_Paul :)
(if it's not there already)

[paulitics]

I'm not sure about powerful , but I think his most famous will be "freedom is popular" .

[wgadget]

Yes, I'm gonna go with FREEDOM IS POPULAR, too.

And Ron Paul wisely used it as the backdrop of his CPAC speech yesterday...Real freedom should UNITE parties and countries...something the GOP and America seem to be lacking lately.

To paraphrase:

"FREEDOM IS POPULAR, BUT NOT IN PIECES."

[catdd]

"I am the champion of the Constitution."

[KramerDSP]

For my money, the greatest ever Ron Paul sound bites are those two:

* "No! I'm saying we should take our marching orders from our constitution!"

* "As long as we try to live beyond our means we are destined to live beneath our means.“

But yeah, he'll probably be most remembered for "Freedom is Popular" and maybe even "printing money out of thin air".

[undergroundrr]

Probably "Freedom is popular." It's a message that helped a lot of people to keep up hope even when there seemed no chance of success.

Here's a few of my other favorites that I noted when I heard them -

"The purpose of government, very simply, should be... to protect liberty. Nothing more." - Salt Lake City 9/15/07

"If you're going to do the maximum amount of good for the maximum amount of people, you have to endorse liberty." Nashville 10/6/07

"The purpose of liberty is to unleash the creative energy in each and every one of us." Nashville 10/6/07

About the grassroots nature of the '07-08 campaign -
"One of the enjoyments I have is that strategy-wise in campaigns you are always told that you have to have the logo always looking alike. Your letterhead and your bumper stickers, your TV advertisement all have to have the same logo. The characteristic of this campaign is that there's a thousand different logos. Everybody has a different sign, and everybody's doing their own thing." - Chicago Meetup Phone Chat 11/7/07

[brandon]

"We just marched in we can just march out. It's time to come home"

[RJB]

"Now, we cannot even maintain a zinc standard..."

That one was the funniest, but my favorite was the retort about getting marching orders from the constitution

[SelfTaught]

"***** as blazes"

[TonySutton]

"What if"

[paulitics]

"Oust the mountebanks!"

[Bossobass]

My favorite, from the Myrtle Beach, SC debate, when shill Cameron asked:''


CAMERON: Congressman Paul, yet another question about electability.
Do you have any, sir?

Ron's entire answer was awesome, but this partial quote was the single most powerful quote of the entire election season, Dem or Repub, IMHO:

Ron:
Let me see if I get this right. We need to borrow $10 billion from China, and then we give it to Musharraf, who is a military dictator, who overthrew an elected government. And then we go to war, we lose all these lives promoting democracy in Iraq. I mean, what's going on here?

Bosso

[ShowMeLiberty]

"Freedom is popular" FTW.

But another that blew me away and has stuck with me all this time is, "Terrorism is a tactic. You can't have a war against a tactic."

[Cinderella]

"Deficits mean future tax increases, pure and simple. Deficit spending should be viewed as a tax on future generations, and politicians who create deficits should be exposed as tax hikers. "


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

[Stary Hickory]

"Truth is treason in the empire of lies."

[jlaker]

"let it not be said that no one cared, that no one objected once it's realized that our liberties and wealth are in jeopardy. A few have and others will continue to do so, but too many-both in and out of government-close their eyes."

[Nate]

"Truth is treason in the empire of lies."

+1

By far my favorite quote from the good Dr.

[Hamer]

We can never force our goodwill on anyone especially from the barrell of a gun, we must set good examples and hope people wish to emulate us.

[pcosmar]

I like the one in my sig line. But it is too long for a T-shirt or bumper sticker. :)

[Brett]

"We just marched in we can just march out. It's time to come home"

This.

[Kludge]

RP on hemp: "I found out that if you want to smoke and get marijuana outta hemp, you have to have a marijuana cigarette as big as a telephone pole... 'n then you might get somethin'."

[__27__]

"Government is the enemy of liberty." ~ Ron Paul, February 20, 2010

[Chester Copperpot]

RP at Texas Primary: "We've been over burdened, over taxed, and over regulated.. the founders would be ashamed with us for what we're putting up with."

[liberalnurse]

"No matter how much they ignored and ridiculed our message, as was done in the campaign. No matter how much they did to us, it only energised the grassroots." and "You would have to smoke a joint the size of a telephone pole to get high on hemp." :D

[The Patriot]

Looking for some help on this one...

"Truth is treason in the empire of lies"

[BuddyRey]

"I don't want to run your life, I don't know how to run your life, I don't have the authority to run your life, and The Constitution doesn't permit me to run your life!"

[disorderlyvision]

"In reality, the Constitution itself is incapable of achieving what we would like in limiting government power, no matter how well written."

"The protection against centralized government failed because of too many loopholes in the Constitution."

Ron Paul from his book End the Fed

[someperson]

I'll throw this one out there; it caught my attention back in 2007 :)

"We need a strong president, strong enough to resist the temptation of taking power the President shouldn’t have.”

You can see the quote in context at around 0:45 in this video:

YouTube - Ron Paul 2008 Video Diary, Episode 2 (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=67eDu08ePr0)

[Knightskye]

This.


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rbn2-LfHXgM

[ronpaulitician]

"I want to legalize freedom." 3:03 (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vTqSDcPa8rQ)

[Qdog]

I liked it at Mississippi State when RP almost cursed during his speech... he said "What in the He.... Thunder!!"

[freshjiva]

"Truth is treason in the empire of lies."

+1. Powerful and poetic. Sums it all up.
Also appeals to the anarchist in me :)

[affa]

This thread... just reminds me how much I love Ron Paul. It brings frickin' tears to my eyes just reading through these.

[freshjiva]

Here's another good one from the 2008 debates:


As long as we live beyond our means, we're destined to live beneath our means.

[IDefendThePlatform]

RP in the 07 debates in response to question of whether he was running for the nomination of the wrong party: (the reason for my handle) "I defend the platform, it used to say we got rid of the department of education. It doesn't say that anymore. We as Republicans went and doubled the size of the department of education, so I think the party has lost its way."

[R3volutionJedi]

"***** as blazes"

hahahahaha

[Revolution9]

"I am the Champion of The Constitution". Totally appropos considering the Saturday Night Wrestling paradigm politics is.

"I am his tag team partner" - Jesse Ventura in upcoming speech.

[Paul Revered]

Wow! No one has posted my favorite yet.

"Why don't we just open up the Constitution and read it?"

[Carehn]

"This country is in a revolution and i happen to be lucky enough to be a part of it!"

[pcosmar]

"I am the Champion of The Constitution". Totally appropos considering the Saturday Night Wrestling paradigm politics is.

"I am his tag team partner" - Jesse Ventura in upcoming speech.

:D
Nice to see you again, You have been missed.

Not sure if it is the most powerful, but my favorite is my sig line.
:cool:

[stuntman stoll]

Laura Ingraham: why haven't you been to Iraq?
Ron: because I don't need to go to Iraq to understand the constitution.
Laura: you don't? you don't need to talk to the troops?
Ron: Read the constitution. Why do I have to read the constitution in Iraq?

[belian78]

"let it not be said that no one cared, that no one objected once it's realized that our liberties and wealth are in jeopardy. A few have and others will continue to do so, but too many-both in and out of government-close their eyes."

I love this quote, I use the alternate 'let it not be said, that we did nothing' as my signature for my emails.

[truthspeaker]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2txXltkW9DA

My favorite moment is when Ron Paul shouted "For Liberty" and rang the liberty bell. Actually, he was ringing that bell all across Texas during the 2008 primaries.

If he wins the Presidency, I hope that they'll bring this bell for his inauguration.

[GreenBulldog]

"...a busy president is a dangerous president."

So true...In a small government that lets people live their lives and lets the states deal with issues, the president shouldn't have too much to do (in comparison with what we have had).

[Johnnymac]

"My Success is I ALWAYS WIN"


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Xtl2ZuJpG9M