American - Politician | August 20, 1935 -
To me, to be a conservative means to conserve the good parts of America and to conserve our Constitution.
Ron Paul
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As recent as the year 2000 we won elections by saying we shouldn't be the policemen of the world, and that we should not be nation building. And its time we got those values back into this country.
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Another term for preventive war is aggressive war - starting wars because someday somebody might do something to us. That is not part of the American tradition.
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Back a hundred years ago, especially around Woodrow Wilson, what happened in this country is we took freedom and we chopped it into pieces.
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Think of what happened after 9/11, the minute before there was any assessment, there was glee in the administration because now we can invade Iraq, and so the war drums beat.
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You don't quit because you happen to be behind. You want to see how you do. And who knows? Maybe somebody will stumble.
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I think a submarine is a very worthwhile weapon. I believe we can defend ourselves with submarines and all our troops back at home. This whole idea that we have to be in 130 countries and 900 bases... is an old-fashioned idea.
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During the last campaign I knew what was happening. You know, they mocked me for my foreign policy and they laughed at my monetary policy. No more. No more.
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I would say that I'm pretty mainstream.
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I have some help on tweeting.
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Believe me, the intellectual revolution is going on, and that has to come first before you see the political changes. That's where I'm very optimistic.
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I like Mitt Romney as a person. I think he's a dignified person. But I have no common ground on economics. He doesn't worry about the Federal Reserve. He doesn't worry about foreign policy. He doesn't talk about civil liberties, so I would have a hard time to expect him to ever invite me to campaign with him.
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