Ron Paul Quotes About Constitution

Quotes about: Constitution

• Our Constitution, which was intended to limit government power and abuse, has failed.

  Ron Paul

  Government, Abuse, Limits

  Farewell Address to the U.S. Congress, delivered 14 November 2012

• If we stuck to the Constitution as written, we would have: no federal meddling in our schools; no Federal Reserve; no U.S. membership in the UN; no gun control; and no foreign aid. We would have no welfare for big corporations, or the "poor"; no American troops in 100 foreign countries; no NAFTA, GAT, or "fast-track"; no arrogant federal judges usurping states rights; no attacks on private property; no income tax. We could get rid of most of the agencies, and most of the budget. The government would be small, frugal, and limited.

  Ron Paul

  Country, School, Gun

• First 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

  Money, Creating, Air

  YouTube Channel "voytechs"/"MSBNC - Ron Paul the fed caused the bubble", www.youtube.com. March 20, 2008.

• 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

  School, Government, Parent

• There is nothing wrong with describing Conservatism as protecting the Constitution, protecting all things that limit government. Government is the enemy of liberty. Government should be very restrained.

  Ron Paul

  Government, Enemy, Liberty

• I want to just obey the Constitution.The Constitution says only gold and silver can be legal tender.

  Ron Paul

  Gold, Want, Constitution

  Source: www.foxnews.com

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

  Ron Paul

  Mean, America, Conservative

• The notion of a rigid separation between church and state has no basis in either the text of the Constitution or the writings of our Founding Fathers. On the contrary, our Founders’ political views were strongly informed by their religious beliefs.

  Ron Paul

  Religious, Father, Writing

  "The War on Religion" by Ron Paul, www.lewrockwell.com. December 30, 2003.

• How did we 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

  Father, Humble, Winning

  The Republicans' First Presidential Candidates Debate, www.nytimes.com. May 3, 2007.

• I will always vote what I have promised, and always vote the Constitution, as well as I will not vote for one single penny that isn't paid for, because debt is the monster, debt is what's going to eat us up and that is why our economy is on the brink.

  Ron Paul

  Patriotic, Pennies, Monsters

• I take my marching orders from the Constitution.

  Ron Paul

  Order, Constitution

• Why is it that some people, you know, think we should obey the Constitution sometimes and not other times.

  Ron Paul

  Thinking, People, Constitution

  Source: www.foxnews.com

• It’s not part of our Constitution to assume that we are the world’s policemen.

  Ron Paul

  World, Constitution, Assuming

• Article 1 Section 8 of the Constitution says Congress has the ability to coin money and regulate the currency and doesn't say anything about gold or silver.

  Ron Paul

  Say Anything, Gold, Coins

  Source: www.foxnews.com

• We must educate ourselves and others about our precious civil liberties to ensure that we never accept demands that we give up our Constitution so that the government can pretend to protect us.

  Ron Paul

  Giving Up, Government, Liberty

• Under the constitution, there was never meant to be a federal police force. Even an FBI limited only to investigations was not accepted until this century. Yet today, fueled by the federal government's misdirected war on drugs, radical environmentalism, and the aggressive behavior of the nanny state, we have witnessed the massive buildup of a virtual army of armed regulators prowling the States where they have no legal authority. The sacrifice of individual responsibility and the concept of local government by the majority of American citizens has permitted the army of bureaucrats to thrive.

  Ron Paul

  War, Responsibility, Army

• It is not democracy to send in billions of dollars to push regime change overseas. It isn't democracy to send in the NGOs to re-write laws and the constitution in places like Ukraine. It is none of our business.

  Ron Paul

  Writing, Ukraine, Law

  "US 'Democracy Promotion' Destroys Democracy Overseas". ronpaulinstitute.org. March 23, 2014.

• America's heart and soul is more embedded in our love of liberty, self-reliance, and tolerance than by our foreign policy, driven by powerful special interests with little regard for the Constitution.

  Ron Paul

  Powerful, Heart, Self

• I don't know how to run your life. I don't know how to run your life. I don't have the authority to run your life. And the Constitution doesn't permit me to run your life.

  Ron Paul

  Running, Constitution, Authority

• Amend Constitution to remove aliens' birthright citizenship.

  Ron Paul

  Aliens, Constitution, Citizenship

• The last line of defense in support of freedom and the Constitution consists of the people themselves. If the people want to be free, if they want to lift themselves out from underneath a state apparatus that threatens their liberties, squanders their resources on needless wars, destroys the value of the dollar, and spews forth endless propaganda about how indispensable it is and how lost we would all be without it, there is no force that can stop them.

  Ron Paul

  War, People, Support

• September 11th does not justify ignoring the Constitution by creating broad new federal police powers. The rule of law is worthless if we ignore it whenever crises occur.

  Ron Paul

  Law, Creating, Police

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