#pro

I am absolutely opposed to a national ID card. This is a total contradiction of what a free society is all about. The purpose of government is to protect the secrecy and the privacy of all individuals, not the secrecy of government. We don't need a national ID card. ↗

— Ron Paul

#absolutely #am #card #contradiction #free

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

Justifying conscription to promote the cause of liberty is one of the most bizarre notions ever conceived by man! Forced servitude, with the risk of death and serious injury as a price to live free, makes no sense. ↗

— Ron Paul

#cause #conceived #conscription #death #ever

The obligations of our representatives in Washington are to protect our liberty, not coddle the world, precipitating no-win wars, while bringing bankruptcy and economic turmoil to our people. ↗

— Ron Paul

#bringing #economic #liberty #no-win #obligations

War is never economically beneficial except for those in position to profit from war expenditures. ↗

— Ron Paul

#economically #except #expenditures #never #position

When things go badly, individuals look for scapegoats. I just do not believe that barbed-wire fences or guns on our border will solve any of our problems. ↗

— Ron Paul

#badly #believe #border #fences #go

What is not conservative about saying, 'Don't go to war unless we go to war properly with a full declaration of war and no other way?' ↗

— Ron Paul

#conservative #declaration #full #go #other

The years after 50 can be a time of great productivity, meaningful work, pleasure, creativity, and innovation. It's a huge opportunity. ↗

— Jane Pauley

#creativity #great #huge #huge opportunity #innovation

The English approach to ideas is not to kill them, but to let them die of neglect. ↗

— Jeremy Paxman

#die #english #ideas #kill #neglect