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04-18-2013, 09:22 PM
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in part:
Although Ron Paul retired from politics, he hasn’t left the conversation: the former Texas congressman has launched his new think tank – an institute that will carry on his ideals to the younger generations.
“If we have no more wars, we’ll be successful,” Paul told a crowd of reporters after announcing the launch of the Ron Paul Institute for Peace and Prosperity on Wednesday. The think tank will take a hard look at key political issues, including the future of freedom and the human race, and US domestic and foreign affairs. Its main argument is that war and poverty go hand-in-hand, while peace and prosperity also come together.
The institute’s website will publish news analyses, encourage young Americans to write about ‘key issues of our time’, and take a stand “for peace, a peace that is intricately connected to justice, shared human values and prosperity… that leaves us safer than the empty lies of the warmongers.”
The website, ronpaulinstitute.org, will also feature congressional scorecards that will grade and assess votes and rank lawmakers on their support or opposition to peace....
When I was on the inside, I was really on the outside – I was not what the leadership called a ‘team player’. And I was always talking to somebody outside with the whole idea of reaching people,” he said.
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Duncan, who voted for the Iraq War, experienced a drastic change in opinion over the years and is now championing Paul’s efforts to avoid other wars.
“I will go to my grave regretting that vote,” he said at the launch of the institute. “The reason that this Ron Paul Institute is critical is because I do not know where the conscience is in Washington anymore… war is something that is just accepted, but never debated. ‘It’s your son that’s dying, not my son.’”
The announcement of Paul’s think tank comes about two weeks after the launch of the Texas Republican’s homeschooling curriculum for students K-12, which he said will “play a significant role in the revolutionary reforms needed to build a free society with constitutional protections.”
It has only been a few months since Paul left Congress, but his influence is likely to continue as the former lawmaker builds an ideological foundation targeted to reach out to kindergarteners and adults alike.
“War is the health of the state, [and] peace is the health of the people,” he said.
http://rt.com/usa/ron-paul-institute-peace-071/
in part:
Although Ron Paul retired from politics, he hasn’t left the conversation: the former Texas congressman has launched his new think tank – an institute that will carry on his ideals to the younger generations.
“If we have no more wars, we’ll be successful,” Paul told a crowd of reporters after announcing the launch of the Ron Paul Institute for Peace and Prosperity on Wednesday. The think tank will take a hard look at key political issues, including the future of freedom and the human race, and US domestic and foreign affairs. Its main argument is that war and poverty go hand-in-hand, while peace and prosperity also come together.
The institute’s website will publish news analyses, encourage young Americans to write about ‘key issues of our time’, and take a stand “for peace, a peace that is intricately connected to justice, shared human values and prosperity… that leaves us safer than the empty lies of the warmongers.”
The website, ronpaulinstitute.org, will also feature congressional scorecards that will grade and assess votes and rank lawmakers on their support or opposition to peace....
When I was on the inside, I was really on the outside – I was not what the leadership called a ‘team player’. And I was always talking to somebody outside with the whole idea of reaching people,” he said.
...
Duncan, who voted for the Iraq War, experienced a drastic change in opinion over the years and is now championing Paul’s efforts to avoid other wars.
“I will go to my grave regretting that vote,” he said at the launch of the institute. “The reason that this Ron Paul Institute is critical is because I do not know where the conscience is in Washington anymore… war is something that is just accepted, but never debated. ‘It’s your son that’s dying, not my son.’”
The announcement of Paul’s think tank comes about two weeks after the launch of the Texas Republican’s homeschooling curriculum for students K-12, which he said will “play a significant role in the revolutionary reforms needed to build a free society with constitutional protections.”
It has only been a few months since Paul left Congress, but his influence is likely to continue as the former lawmaker builds an ideological foundation targeted to reach out to kindergarteners and adults alike.
“War is the health of the state, [and] peace is the health of the people,” he said.
http://rt.com/usa/ron-paul-institute-peace-071/