On the recordMarch 20, 2011
Libya is simply not the American people's fight, and that President Obama should have consulted Congress before getting involved.
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Ron Paul
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transcripts.cnn.comLibya is simply not the American people's fight, and that President Obama should have consulted Congress before getting involved.
Paul criticizes U.S. involvement in Libya and calls for congressional consultation.
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The president does not believe that. The president over the last few years has tried to tell you that he, in fact, the government, can give you rights.
But the young people that come to see me, that's their biggest issue, is the war and the spending.
I think we can get out of our mess by having people really read the Constitution and obey it.
The greatest danger when we accept the notion that the government is supposed to take care of us from cradle to grave and we're supposed to be the policemen of the world is that ultimately it's down at the expense of personal liberty.