The most important element of a free society, where individual rights are held in the highest esteem, is the rejection of the initiation of violence.
Ron PaulOur forefathers would think it's time for a revolution. This is why they revolted in the first place... They revolted against much more mild oppression.
Ron PaulMaybe we ought to consider a Golden Rule in foreign policy: Don't do to other nations what we don't want happening to us. We endlessly bomb these countries and then we wonder why they get upset with us?
Ron PaulFirst reason is, it's not authorized in the Constitution, it's an illegal institution. The second reason, it's an immoral institution, because we have delivered to a secretive body the privilege of creating money out of thin air; if you or I did it, we'd be called counterfeiters, so why have we legalized counterfeiting? But the economic reasons are overwhelming: the Federal Reserve is the creature that destroys value.
Ron Paul