Ron Paul Quotes About Security

Quotes about: Security

• I wish I could say I was shocked at the reports the NSA is secretly spying on the private phone calls of millions of Verizon customers. However, this is a predictable result of a government that continues to erode our liberties while promising some glimmering hope of security.

  Ron Paul

  Phones, Government, Nsa

  "Edward Snowden Is A Ron Paul Supporter" By Amanda Terkel, www.huffingtonpost.com. June 10, 2013.

• 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

  Believe, Government, Safety

• The original American patriots were those individuals brave enough to resist with force the oppressive power of King George... Patriotism is more closely linked to dissent than it is to conformity and a blind desire for safety and security.

  Ron Paul

  Kings, Safety, Brave

  "The Patriotism Smear". Ron Paul's speech before the U.S. House of Representatives, www.lewrockwell.com. May 22, 2007.

• I have a personal belief that you never have to give up liberty for security. You can still provide security without sacrificing our Bill of Rights.

  Ron Paul

  Giving Up, Sacrifice, Rights

  Cnn National Security Debate, archives.cnn.com. November 22, 2011.

• Demanding domestic security in times of war invites carelessness in preserving civil liberties and the right of privacy. Frequently the people are only too anxious for their freedoms to be sacrificed on the altar of authoritarianism thought to be necessary to remain safe and secure.

  Ron Paul

  War, People, Liberty

  "Bush’s Wars". www.counterpunch.org. September 21, 2001.

• If you sacrifice liberty for security, you will lose both.

  Ron Paul

  War, Sacrifice, Liberty

• Times of tragedy and war naturally bring out strong emotions... Sometimes people are only too anxious to sacrifice their constitutional liberties during a crisis, hoping to gain some measure of security. Yet nothing would please terrorists more than if we willingly gave up our cherished liberties because of their actions.

  Ron Paul

  Strong, War, Sacrifice

• But let it not be said that we did nothing. Let not those who love the power of the welfare/warfare state label the dissenters of authoritarianism as unpatriotic or uncaring. Patriotism is more closely linked to dissent than it is to conformity and a blind desire for safety and security. Understanding the magnificent rewards of a free society makes us unbashful in its promotion, fully realizing that maximum wealth is created and the greatest chance for peace comes from a society respectful of individual liberty.

  Ron Paul

  Safety, Understanding, Desire

  Congressional Record, Volume 153, pt. 10, 2010.

• As bank customers, we tend to believe that we can have both perfect security for our money, drawing on it whenever we want and never expecting it not to be there, while still earning a regular rate of return. In a true free market, however, there tends to be a tradeoff: you can enjoy a money warehouse or you can hope for a return on your investment. You can't usually have both. The Fed, however, by backing up this fractional-reserve system with a promise of endless bailouts and money creation, attempts to keep the illusion going.

  Ron Paul

  Believe, Drawing, Perfect

  "End the Fed". Book by Ron Paul (pp. 17-18), September 16, 2009.

• Today’s events are reminiscent of the Old Testament story of how the Israelites demanded a king over God’s objection. They believed that a king would give them peace and security. The results proved otherwise.

  Ron Paul

  Kings, Giving, Events

• And yet even among the friends of liberty, many people are deceived into believing that government can make them safe from all harm, provide fairly distributed economic security, and improve individual moral behavior. If the government is granted a monopoly on the use of force to achieve these goals, history shows that power is always abused. Every single time.

  Ron Paul

  Believe, Government, Moral Behavior

• I never voted to spend one penny of Social Security money.

  Ron Paul

  Pennies, Social, Security

  "Ron Paul, John Harwood and Chuck Todd". "Meet the Press" with Tim Russert, www.nbcnews.com. December 23, 2007.

• No matter what politicians promise, Social Security reform will not change the fact that your money is taken from your paycheck and sent to Washington, where it will be spent.

  Ron Paul

  Taken, Promise, Reform

• Liberty has meaning only if we still believe in it when terrible things happen and a false government security blanket beckons.

  Ron Paul

  Believe, Government, Liberty

  "The Illusion of Safety". thehill.com. August 22, 2011.

• I am absolutely convinced, you never have to give up any of your freedoms in order to be secure.

  Ron Paul

  Freedom, Giving Up, Order

• In wartime, people willing to sacrifice liberty for security.

  Ron Paul

  Sacrifice, People, Liberty

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