Prices are going up. Unemployment is continue to go up. And we have not had the necessary correction for the financial bubble created by our Federal Reserve system.
Ron PaulQuantitative easing is just the latest chapter in the Federal Reserveโs hundred-year history of failure. (...) The American people have suffered long enough under a monetary policy controlled by an unaccountable, secretive central bank. It is time to finally audit - and then end - the Fed.
Ron PaulBelieve me, the intellectual revolution is going on, and that has to come first before you see the political changes. That's where I'm very optimistic.
Ron PaulLiberty has meaning only if we still believe in it when terrible things happen and a false government security blanket beckons.
Ron PaulWhen people become frightened, they look for things of real value. They will go to monetary metals, gold and silver, and they will buy other things, such as buying property. But no matter what we have, whether we have our gold coins or we have our property, if we have an authoritarian government, that is our greatest threat. So, I would like to think that there is no perfect protection, other than shrinking the size and scope and power of government, so that we can be left alone and take care of ourselves.
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