Best Ron Paul quote EVER? [inspirational thread]

[Occam's Banana]

Can anyone top this one?

"Ours is not a fated existence, for nowhere is our destiny etched in stone. In the final analysis, the last line of defense in support of freedom and the Constitution consists of the people themselves. If the people want to be free, if they want to lift themselves out from underneath a state apparatus that threatens their liberties, squanders their resources on needless wars, destroys the value of their dollar, and spews forth endless propaganda about how indispensable it is and how lost we would be without it, there is no force that can stop them. If freedom is what we want, it is ours for the taking." -- Ron Paul (The Revolution: A Manifesto, p. 167)

Submit your nominations below (& please cite the souce, if possible) ...

(NOTE: "Truth is treason in the empire of lies." is automatically disqualified. It is just TOO pithy & profound. It wouldn't be fair to the competition to include it!)

[sailingaway]

"Let it not be said we did nothing."

[thatpeculiarcat]

"Let it not be said we did nothing."

That is the first one that came to my mind.
Have that quote on the back of one of my RP shirts.

Just hearing him say it chokes me up.

[Drex]

May future generations look back on our work and say that these were men and women who, in a moment of great crisis, stood up to the politicians, the opinion-molders, and the establishment, and saved their country. -- Ron Paul

[paulbot24]

“Was it not once considered patriotic to stand up to our government when it is wrong?"

[opinionatedfool]

"“Ideas are very important to the shaping of society. In fact, they are more powerful than bombings or armies or guns. And this is because ideas are capable of spreading without limit. They are behind all the choices we make. They can transform the world in a way that governments and armies cannot. Fighting for liberty with ideas makes more sense to me than fighting with guns or politics or political power. With ideas, we can make real change that lasts.” -Ron Paul

[jay_dub]

Don't steal - the government hates competition!

[thoughtomator]

"The sad thing is, our foreign policy WILL change eventually, as Rome's did, when all budgetary and monetary tricks to fund it are exhausted."

[Occam's Banana]

Don't steal - the government hates competition!

I don't think that one actually originated with Ron, but +rep anyway!

[jay_dub]

I don't think that one actually originated with Ron, but +rep anyway!

We've all seen it, but I got it tonight from a Ron Paul quotes page and it's attributed to 'End The Fed'.

here's the link....there's some good stuff there.

http://www.goodreads.com/author/quotes/395622.Ron_Paul

[ican'tvote]

“Setting a good example is a far better way to spread ideals than through force of arms.”

[Occam's Banana]

We've all seen it, but I got it tonight from a Ron Paul quotes page and it's attributed to 'End The Fed'.

here's the link....there's some good stuff there.

http://www.goodreads.com/author/quotes/395622.Ron_Paul

Interesting! I have that bumper sticker, and a few others in the same vein (my favorite: "U.S. Government Philosophy: If It Ain't Broke, Fix It Till It Is!").

I always assumed they were of "generic" authorship - sort of like greeting cards. Maybe they got DS:TGHC from Ron - or maybe he got it from them ...

[No Free Beer]

"Well, it's like, if we just followed the Constitution, we wouldn't be in this mess haha..."

- Ron Paul

Fox News debate.

[NoOneButPaul]

May future generations look back on our work and say that these were men and women who, in a moment of great crisis, stood up to the politicians, the opinion-molders, and the establishment, and saved their country. -- Ron Paul

This was the 1st one that came to mind for me.

I'd have to think about it...

[jay_dub]

Interesting! I have that bumper sticker, and a few others in the same vein (my favorite: "U.S. Government Philosophy: If It Ain't Broke, Fix It Till It Is!").

I always assumed they were of "generic" authorship - sort of like greeting cards. Maybe they got DS:TGHC from Ron - or maybe he got it from them ...

One of my favorite government type sayings is "A camel is a horse designed by committee".

"Well, it's like, if we just followed the Constitution, we wouldn't be in this mess haha..."

- Ron Paul

Fox News debate.

From the debates, one of my favorites is, "because he's a fake!"

[sailingaway]

One of my favorite government type sayings is "A camel is a horse designed by committee".



From the debates, one of my favorites is, "because he's a fake!"

mine, from the debates, is "I had two kids, and I went!" To Newt "Chickenhawk" Gingrich.

[jay_dub]

mine, from the debates, is "I had two kids, and I went!" To Newt "Chickenhawk" Gingrich.

One of Ron's best truth bombs ever.^^

[dude58677]

That is the first one that came to my mind.
Have that quote on the back of one of my RP shirts.

Just hearing him say it chokes me up.

A Thomas Jefferson speech.

[paulbot24]

"Ha ha ha"- Ron Paul
During the infamous Rick Perry debate as he couldn't remember which agencies he wanted to eliminate....looking for somebody to bail him out. Fox moderators were trying to help him. You can actually hear Ron Paul trying not to laugh...but that laugh is unmistakeable. Play the video with your eyes closed and you can hear it. Ron Paul is always a gentleman but sometimes you just can't help but laugh. It's the same laugh he gets when talking about the fed. Priceless.

[Feelgood]

My sig.

[dude58677]

"I take my marching orders from the Constitution."

[Victor Grey]

"I'm running on the things, I don't want to do.

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!"



"I run for the presidency because I don’t want to run anybody’s life.

I don’t want to run the economy, because I don’t know how to run the economy — nobody does. Anybody who claims they can are lying to themselves or
are deliberately lying to the people."


"I don't want to run the world, I don't know how to run the world, the Constitution doesn't give me the authority to run the world. We ought to mind our own business is what we ought to do!"

"I want to be president for the things I don’t want to do. It takes a bit of wisdom in the sense that you know you
can’t do certain things. I think it’s more important that you know what you can’t do than bragging about doing things you’re not supposed to do."

[paulbot24]

"I want to be president for the things I don’t want to do. It takes a bit of wisdom in the sense that you know you
can’t do certain things. I think it’s more important that you know what you can’t do than bragging about doing things you’re not supposed to do."

That is damn good.

[DanK22]

"What happens if my concerns are completely unfounded? Nothing. But what happens if my concerns are justified and ignored? Nothing good."

Probably not the best quote, but it gives me goosebumps every time I hear it.

[cdc482]

sig.

[sailingaway]

bump for moar quotes...

[FrancisMarion]

"But do we know what it means? Can we recognize it when we see it? More importantly, can we recognize the opposite of liberty when it is sold to us as a form of freedom?"

Intro. Liberty Defined

EDIT: Spelling

[opinionatedfool]

A lot of good quotes in here.

[opinionatedfool]

As long as we live beyond our means we are destined to live beneath our means.

[TIMB0B]

"I don't think we should go to the moon. I think we maybe should send some politicians up there at times."
CNN Debate 1/2?/12



http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QZZlbRufI6w