Ron Paul Quotes

I have joined your revolution and I'm proud to be part of what you want to do. ~ Rep. Ron Paul

I finally got my Rep. Ron Paul rotating quotes banner up. I got most of the quotes from FDRS, Paul 4 Prez, and Ron Paul Fan. If you would like the coding, already loaded with quotes, here it is. Naturally, I'd sure appreciate some linky love.

<center><div face="Garamond, Verdana, Arial,Helvetica,Georgia" style="background: transparent none repeat scroll 0% 50%; -moz-background-clip: -moz-initial; -moz-background-origin: -moz-initial; -moz-background-inline-policy: -moz-initial; opacity: 0.750; width: 100%;"><br /><script language="JavaScript"><br />//store the quotations in arrays<br />quotes = new Array(53);<br />quotes[0] = "How did we [Republicans] win the election in the year 2000? We talked about a humble foreign policy: No nation-building; don't police the world. That's conservative, it's Republican, it's pro-American - it follows the founding fathers. And, besides, it follows the Constitution. ~ Ron Paul";<br />quotes[1] = "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";<br />quotes[2] = "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";<br />quotes[3] = "The moral and constitutional 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";<br />quotes[4] = "When the federal government spends more each year than it collects in tax revenues, it has three choices: It can raise taxes, print money, or borrow money. While these actions may benefit politicians, all three options are bad for average Americans. ~ Ron Paul";<br />quotes[5] = "Mr. Speaker, I once again find myself compelled to vote against the annual budget resolution for a very simple reason: it makes government bigger. <br/>~ Ron Paul 3/25/04";<br />quotes[6] = "Under the United States Constitution, the federal government has no authority to hold states 'accountable' for their education performance. In the free society envisioned by the founders, schools are held accountable to parents, not federal bureaucrats. ~ Ron Paul 5/23/01";<br />quotes [7] = "We need to understand that the more government spends, the more freedom is lost. Instead of simply debating spending levels, <br/>we ought to be debating whether the departments, agencies, and programs funded by the budget should exist at all. ~ Ron Paul 3/25/04";<br />quotes [8] = "One thing is clear: The Founding Fathers never intended a nation where citizens pay nearly half of everything they earn to government. ~ Ron Paul 7/17/01";<br />quotes [9] = "The requirement that law enforcement officials obtain a warrant from a judge before searching private documents is one of the fundamental protections against abuse of the government's power to seize an individual's private documents. ~ Ron Paul 3/15/01";<br />quotes [10] = "However, monitoring the transactions of every American in order to catch those few who are involved in some sort of illegal activity turns one of the great bulwarks of our liberty, the presumption of innocence, on its head. The federal government has no right to treat all Americans as criminals by spying on their relationship with their doctors, employers, or bankers. In fact, criminal law enforcement is reserved to the state and local governments by the Constitution's Tenth Amendment. ~ Ron Paul 5/22/01";<br />quotes [11] = "Perhaps the most onerous example of a proposal that creates the illusion of security (yet really promotes servitude) is the plan to force all Americans to carry a national ID card. A uniform national system of identification would allow the federal government to inappropriately monitor the movements and transactions of every citizen. History shows that when government gains the power to monitor the actions of the people, it inevitably uses that power in harmful ways. ~ Ron Paul 11/16/01";<br />quotes [12] = "One of the most disturbing abuses of the Social Security number is the congressionally-authorized rule forcing parents to get a Social Security number for their newborn children in order to claim them as dependents. Forcing parents to register their children with the state is more like something out of the nightmares of George Orwell than the dreams of a free republic which inspired this nation's founders. ~ Ron Paul 10/7/03";<br />quotes [13] = "I rise to urge the Congress to think twice before thrusting this nation into a war without merit- one fraught with the danger of escalating into something no American will be pleased with. ~ Ron Paul 9/4/02";<br />quotes [14] = "I have heard all the arguments on why we must immediately invade and occupy Iraq and have observed that there are only a few hardy souls left in the Congress who are trying to stop this needless, senseless, and dangerous war. ~ Ron Paul 9/18/02";<br />quotes [15] = "The best news is that if stopping suicide terrorism is a goal we seek, a solution is available to us. Cease the occupation of foreign lands and the suicide missions will cease. Between 1982 and 1986, there were 41 suicide terrorist attacks in Lebanon. Once the U.S., the French, and Israel withdrew their forces from Lebanon, there were no more attacks. ~ Ron Paul 7/14/05";<br />quotes [16] = "The best news is that if stopping suicide terrorism is a goal we seek, a solution is available to us. Cease the occupation of foreign lands and the suicide missions will cease. Between 1982 and 1986, there were 41 suicide terrorist attacks in Lebanon. Once the U.S., the French, and Israel withdrew their forces from Lebanon, there were no more attacks. ~ Ron Paul 7/14/05";<br />quotes [17] = "While I sympathize with those who see embryonic stem cell research as a path to cures for dreadful diseases that have stricken so many Americans, I strongly object to forcing those Americans who believe embryonic stem cell research is immoral to subsidize such research with their tax dollars. ~ Ron Paul 5/24/05";<br />quotes [18] = "All the reasons given to justify a preemptive strike against Iraq were wrong. Congress and the American people were misled . . . We shouldn’t wait until our financial system is completely ruined and we are forced to change our ways. We should do it as quickly as possible and stop the carnage and financial bleeding that will bring us to our knees and force us to stop that which we should have never started. We all know, in time, the war will be de-funded one way or another and the troops will come home. So why not now? ~ Ron Paul 4/17/07";<br />quotes [19] = "Though opposition to totally unnecessary war should be the only moral position, the rhetoric is twisted to claim that patriots who oppose the war are not 'supporting the troops' . . . Unsound policy can never help the troops. Keeping the troops out of harm’s way and out of wars unrelated to our national security is the only real way of protecting the troops. ~ Ron Paul 5/22/07";<br />quotes [20] = "The greatest threat facing America today is the disastrous fiscal policies of our own government, marked by shameless deficit spending and Federal Reserve currency devaluation. ~ Ron Paul 4/09/07";<br />quotes [21] = "America was founded by men who understood that the threat of domestic tyranny is as great as any threat from abroad. If we want to be worthy of their legacy, we must resist the rush toward ever-increasing state control of our society. Otherwise, our own government will become a greater threat to our freedoms than any foreign terrorist. ~ Ron Paul in Freedom vs. Security: A False Choice, May 31, 2004";<br />quotes [22] = " . . . it is with the complicity of Congress that we have become a nation of pre-emptive war, secret military tribunals, torture, rejection of habeas corpus, warrantless searches, undue government secrecy, extraordinary renditions, and uncontrolled spying on the American people. ~ Ron Paul 4/30/07";<br />quotes [23] = "The American concept of independent nationhood inscribed in our Declaration cannot be maintained if we are going to pursue a policy that undermines the independence of other nations. ~ Ron Paul 7/02/07";<br />quotes [25] = "It’s hypocritical and childish to dismiss certain founding principles simply because a convenient rationale is needed to justify interventionist policies today. ~ Ron Paul 12/18/06";<br />quotes [26] = "How did we [Republicans] win the election in the year 2000? We talked about a humble foreign policy: No nation-building; don't police the world.<br/>That's conservative, it's Republican, it's pro-American - it follows the founding fathers. And, besides, it follows the Constitution. ~ Dr. Ron Paul";<br />quotes [27] = "Non-interventionism is not isolationism. Nonintervention simply means America does not interfere militarily, financially, or covertly in the internal affairs of other nations. It does not mean that we isolate ourselves; on the contrary, our founders advocated open trade, travel, communication, and diplomacy with other nations. ~ Ron Paul 12/18/06";<br />quotes [28] = "All Americans will benefit, both in terms of their safety and their pocketbooks, if we pursue a coherent, neutral foreign policy of non-interventionism, free trade, and self-determination in the Middle East. ~ Ron Paul 2/26/07";<br />quotes [29] = "Only in Washington would anyone call the creation of an additional layer of bureaucracy on top of already bloated bureaucracies 'streamlining.' Only in Washington would anyone believe that a bigger, more centralized federal government means more efficiency. ~ Ron Paul 5/14/07";<br />quotes [30] = "Freedom is not defined by safety. Freedom is defined by the ability of citizens to live without government interference. Government cannot create a world without risks, nor would we really wish to live in such a fictional place. Only a totalitarian society would even claim absolute safety as a worthy ideal, because it would require total state control over its citizens’ lives. Liberty has meaning only if we still believe in it when terrible things happen and a false government security blanket beckons. ~ Ron Paul, Security and Liberty 04/25/2007";<br />quotes [31] = "The large majority of Americans are sick and tired of being overtaxed and despise the income tax and the inheritance tax. The majority of Americans know government programs fail to achieve their goals and waste huge sums of money. ~ Ron Paul, January 31, 2000";<br />quotes [32] = "Because federal hate crime laws criminalize thoughts, they are incompatible with a free society. ~ Ron Paul, Unconstitutional Legislation Threatens Freedoms, May 7, 2007";<br />quotes [33] = "Certainly the Patriot Act would have never been passed, because it wasn’t available to us . . . It was almost 400 pages long, and became available less than an hour before it was debated on the House floor… The congressmembers were intimidated, 'if I do nothing, my people gonna be mad, because they want us to do something'. And the people are frightened. When they are frightened, they are much more willing to give us their liberties. But giving up their liberties won’t make them safer, that’s the real sad part of it. ~ Ron Paul during an Interview by Laura Knoy on NHPR, June 5, 2007";<br />quotes [34] = "Finally, there is a compelling moral argument against war in Iraq. Military force is justified only in self-defense; naked aggression is the province of dictators and rogue states. This is the danger of a new 'preemptive first strike' doctrine. America is the most moral nation on earth, founded on moral principles, and we must apply moral principles when deciding to use military force. ~ Ron Paul in the U.S. House of Representatives, September 4, 2002";<br />quotes [35] = "The tired assertion that America 'supports democracy' in the Middle East is increasingly transparent. It was false 50 years ago, when we supported and funded the hated Shah of Iran to prevent nationalization of Iranian oil, and it’s false today when we back an unelected military dictator in Pakistan - just to name two examples. If honest democratic elections were held throughout the Middle East tomorrow, many countries would elect religious fundamentalist leaders hostile to the United States. Cliché or not, the Arab Street really doesn’t like America, so we should stop the charade about democracy and start pursuing a coherent foreign policy that serves America’s long-term interests. ~ Ron Paul, Hypocrisy in the Middle East, February 26, 2007";<br />quotes [36] = "Though many will criticize the president for mis-steps in Iraq and at home, it is with the complicity of Congress that we have become a nation of pre-emptive war, secret military tribunals, torture, rejection of habeas corpus, warrantless searches, undue government secrecy, extraordinary renditions, and uncontrolled spying on the American people. Fighting over there has nothing to do with preserving freedoms here at home. More likely the opposite is true. ~ Ron Paul, Getting Iraq War Funding Wrong Again, April 30, 2007";<br />quotes [37] = "Good morning, Mr. Greenspan. I understand that you did not take my friendly advice last fall. I thought maybe you should look for other employment, but I see you have kept your job. ~ Ron Paul during a Hearing before the U.S. House of Representatives’ Committee on Financial Services, February 17, 2000";<br />quotes [38] = "Capitalism should not be condemned, since we haven’t had capitalism. A system of capitalism presumes sound money, not fiat money manipulated by a central bank. Capitalism cherishes voluntary contracts and interest rates that are determined by savings, not credit creation by a central bank. It’s not capitalism when the system is plagued with incomprehensible rules regarding mergers, acquisitions, and stock sales, along with wage controls, price controls, protectionism, corporate subsidies, international management of trade, complex and punishing corporate taxes, privileged government contracts to the military-industrial complex, and a foreign policy controlled by corporate interests and overseas investments. Add to this centralized federal mismanagement of farming, education, medicine, insurance, banking and welfare. This is not capitalism! ~ Ron Paul, Has Capitalism Failed?, July 9, 2002";<br />quotes [39] = "Neil Cavuto: Yeah but, you can’t, Congressman, we’ve got a pretty good economy going here, right? We’ve got productivity soaring. We’ve got retail sales that are strong. We’ve got corporate earnings that for, what, the 19th quarter, are up double digit? We’ve got a market chasing highs, I mean, this isn’t happening in a vacuum, right?<br/>Ron Paul: Yeah, that’s nice, but when you have to borrow, you know . . . My personal finances would be very good if I borrowed a million dollars every month. But, someday, the bills will become due. And the bills will come due in this country, and then we’ll have to pay for it. We can’t afford this war, and we can’t afford the entitlement system.<br/>Neil Cavuto: Look, Congressman, did you say this 10 years ago, when the numbers were similarly strong . . . <br/>Ron Paul: Go back and check.<br/>Your World with Neil Cavuto, FOX News, May 15, 2007";<br />quotes [40] = "The theory of the IRS is rather repugnant to me because the assumption is made that I, the government, owns 100% of your income and I permit you to keep 5%, 10% or 20%. You’re vulnerable, you’ve sold out. The government can take 80% if they want, which they did at one time. ~ Ron Paul during the Candidates@Google interview, July 13, 2007";<br />quotes [41] = "Our federal government, which was intended to operate as a very limited constitutional republic, has instead become a virtually socialist leviathan that redistributes trillions of dollars. We can hardly be surprised when countless special interests fight for the money. The only true solution to the campaign money problem is a return to a proper constitutional government that does not control the economy. Big government and big campaign money go hand-in-hand. ~ Ron Paul, Why Is There So Much Money in Politics?, February 4, 2002";<br />quotes [42] = "I have joined your revolution and I'm proud to be part of what you want to do. ~ Ron Paul";<br />quotes [43] = "It’s time to rethink the whole system of HMOs and managed care. This entire unnecessary level of corporatism rakes off profits and worsens the quality of care. But HMOs did not arise in the free market; they are creatures of government interference in health care dating to the 1970s. These non-market institutions have gained control over medical care through collusion between organized medicine, politicians, and drug companies, in an effort to move America toward 'free' universal health care. ~ Ron Paul, Diagnosing our Health Care Woes, September 25, 2006";<br />quotes [44] = "Do they think if we destroy our freedoms for the terrorists they will no longer have a reason to attack us? ~ Ron Paul";<br />quotes [45] = "By the way, when I say cut taxes, I don't mean fiddle with the code. I mean abolish the income tax and the IRS, and replace them with nothing. ~ Ron Paul";<br />quotes [46] = "They don't attack us because we're rich and we're free, they attack us because we're over there. ~ Ron Paul";<br />quotes [47] = "First President Bush said the New World Order was in tune -- and that's what they were working for. The U.N. is part of that government. They're working very significantly right now for a North American Union. That's why there's a lot of people in Washington right now who don't care too much about our borders. They have a philosophic belief that national sovereignty is not important. It is also the reason I've made the strong suggestion that the U.S. need not be in the U.N. for national security. ~ Ron Paul";<br />quotes [48] = "Abolishing the Federal Reserve will allow Congress to reassert its constitutional authority over monetary policy . . . Though the Federal Reserve policy harms the average American, it benefits those in a a position to take advantage of the cycles in monetary policy. The main beneficiaries are those who receive access to artificially inflated money and/or credit before the inflationary effects of the policy impact the entire economy. Federal Reserve policies also benefit big spending politicians who use the inflated currency created by the Fed to hide the true costs of the welfare-warfare state. It is time for Congress to put the interests of the American people ahead of the special interests and their own appetite for big government. ~ Ron Paul";<br />quotes [49] = "The much-vaunted Senate 'compromise' on immigration is a compromise alright: a compromise of our laws, a compromise of our sovereignty, and a compromise of the Second Amendment. That anyone in Washington believes this is a credible approach to solving our immigration crisis suggests just how out of touch our political elites really are. ~ Ron Paul";<br />quotes [50] = "We don’t get our rights because we’re gays or women or minorities. We get our rights from our creator as individuals. So every individual should be treated the same way. If there is homosexual behavior in the military that is disruptive, it should be dealt with. But if there’s heterosexual sexual behavior that is disruptive, it should be dealt with. So it isn’t the issue of homosexuality. It’s the concept and the understanding of individual rights. ~ Ron Paul Republican Presidential Debate, June 5, 2007";<br />quotes [51] = "It is not our job to remove Saddam Hussein - that is the job of the Iraqi people. It is not our job to remove the Taliban - that is the business of the Afghan people. It is not our job to insist that the next government in Afghanistan include women, no matter how good an idea it is. If this really is an issue, why don't we insist that our friends in Saudi Arabia and Kuwait do the same thing, as well as impose our will on them? Talk about hypocrisy! The mere thought that we fight wars for affirmative action in a country 6,000 miles from home, with no cultural similarities, should insult us all. Of course it does distract us from the issue of an oil pipeline through northern Afghanistan. We need to keep our eye on the target and not be so easily distracted. ~ Ron Paul, House of Representatives Address On The 'War On Terrorism', Dec. 1st, 2001";<br />quotes [52] = "The original American patriots were those individuals brave enough to resist with force the oppressive power of King George. I accept the definition of patriotism as that effort to resist oppressive state power. The true patriot is motivated by a sense of responsibility and out of self-interest for himself, his family, and the future of his country to resist government abuse of power. He rejects the notion that patriotism means obedience to the state. ~ Ron Paul";<br />//calculate a random index<br />index = Math.floor(Math.random() * quotes.length);<br />//display the quotation<br />document.write("\n"); <br />document.write(quotes[index]);<br />//done<br /></script></div></center>

Alas, when I put it in the textbox, it adds html markers for line breaks where we don't want them. Take out all the line break markers <br/> and replace them with the Enter key. Basically start everything on a new line that used to have a line break marker <br/>. EXCEPT, don't take out the line break markers inside quote 39. You need those ones.

Surely there is a better way to deal with this. Any ideas?


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