Political Quotes

Ron Paul

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Nov 1, 2007

This is war propaganda to give us -- get the American people behind the bombing of Iran, just like the war propaganda got us all worked up and thought we had to go get Saddam Hussein, which was absolutely unnecessary.

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Nov 1, 2007

I would prefer them not to. And I think, if we had a different foreign policy, they wouldn't have an incentive.

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Nov 1, 2007

We can save hundreds of billions of dollars if we give up on our American empire, bring these troops home, actually cut the deficit and take care of these people.

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Nov 1, 2007

Well, it would be more traditional. It would be following the advice of the founding fathers. It would be following the advice of President Bush when he ran in the year 2000, that we shouldn't be involved in nation-building. We shouldn't…

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Nov 1, 2007

I have never voted once to spend one penny out of Social Security. I want to make the system work while it's there.

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Nov 1, 2007

I have no idea, because I said I would vote for anybody who would change this policy in the Middle East and bring our troops home, and have a non-interventionist foreign policy.

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Nov 1, 2007

I think the Republican Party has lost their way. I think they are a big-government policy. The neoconservatives have taken over.

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Nov 1, 2007

It would be following the advice of the founding fathers. It would be following the advice of President Bush when he ran in the year 2000, that we shouldn't be involved in nation-building. We shouldn't be policing the world. We should have…

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Nov 1, 2007

The real reason they come here, the word is occupation. And, if, for any reason, we continue to believe this naively, that they come here and they want to attack us because we are rich and free, we can't take care of this problem.

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Oct 31, 2007

I would prefer them not to. And I think, if we had a different foreign policy, they wouldn't have an incentive. But, if they did, I wouldn't -- I wouldn't do that much about it. I wouldn't bomb them. I mean, they're a third-rate nation…

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Oct 29, 2007

Once we stop wasting trillions overseas, we can cut the budget and still help people who need it.

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Oct 21, 2007

We've invaded this country and this is just another unintended consequence.

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