#erica

If our freedom is taken, the American dream will wither and die. ↗

— Rand Paul

#american dream #die #dream #freedom #our

In 1997, I, along with 200 other young ophthalmologists formed the National Board of Ophthalmology to protest the American Board of Ophthalmology's decision to grandfather in the older ophthalmologists and not require them to recertify. ↗

— Rand Paul

#american #board #decision #formed #grandfather

The great and abiding lesson of American history, particularly the cold war, is that the engine of capitalism, the individual, is mightier than any collective. ↗

— Rand Paul

#american history #any #capitalism #cold #cold war

We should not have the U.S. government buying stock in American industries - the financial industry or any other industry. ↗

— Rand Paul

#any #buying #financial #government #industries

I am just absolutely convinced that the best formula for giving us peace and preserving the American way of life is freedom, limited government, and minding our own business overseas. ↗

— Ron Paul

#am #american #american way #best #business

You don't have freedom because you are a hyphenated American; you have freedom because you are an individual, and that should be protected. ↗

— Ron Paul

#because #freedom #individual #protected #should

Everyone assumes America must play the leading role in crafting some settlement or compromise between the Israelis and the Palestinians. But Jefferson, Madison, and Washington explicitly warned against involving ourselves in foreign conflicts. ↗

— Ron Paul

#america #assumes #between #compromise #conflicts

To me, to be a conservative means to conserve the good parts of America and to conserve our Constitution. ↗

— Ron Paul

#conservative #conserve #constitution #good #good parts

I'm sorry, but I can't imagine being an American icon! It would be pretty difficult to look at your face in the mirror and think of yourself as that without laughing and spitting toothpaste all over! ↗

— Jane Pauley

#being #difficult #face #i #icon

I've never seen a worse situation than that of young writers in the United States. The publishing business in North America is so commercialized. ↗

— Manuel Puig

#business #commercialized #i #never #north