Quote

The catch-all phrase the war on terrorism, in all honesty, has no more meaning than if one wants to wage a war against criminal gangsterism. Terrorism is a tactic. You can't have a war against a tactic. It's deliberately vague and non-definable in order to justify and permit perpetual war anywhere and under any circumstance.

Ron Paul

Change background

T
T
T

Change font

TAGS & TOPICS

Ron Paul
Age: 89
Born: 1935
Born: August 20
Air Force Officer
Former U.S. Representative
Gynaecologist
Journalist
Obstetrician
Podcaster
Politician
Surgeon
Television Producer
Youtuber
Pittsburg
Pennsylvania
Ronald Ernest Ron Paul
Ronald Ernest Paul
War
Catch
Wage
Political
Criminals
Phrase
Order
Terrorism
Vague
Anywhere
Criminal
Definable
Honesty
Permit
Tactic
Meaning
Perpetual
Deliberately
Circumstances
Phrases
Circumstance
Wants
Justify
Tactics

More quotes by Ron Paul

Image
I'm an imperfect messenger, but the message is perfect.
Ron Paul
Image
Mr. Speaker, I once again find myself compelled to vote against the annual budget resolution for a very simple reason: it makes government bigger.
Ron Paul
Image
It is true that liberty is not free, nor is it easy. But tyranny - even varying degrees of it - is much more difficult, and much more expensive. The time has come to rein in the federal government, put it on a crash diet, and let the people keep their money and their liberty.
Ron Paul
Image
Americans are tired of the games and the lies of today's media. They want the truth. Imagine this. No censors, no barricades, no statists. We will be able to engage viewers directly on subjects that matter most to them, from finances to civil liberties to foreign policy.
Ron Paul
Image
But whether the resistance against government tyrants is non-violent or physically violent, the effort to overthrow state oppression qualifies as true patriotism.
Ron Paul
Image
Given the inefficiencies of what DC laughingly calls the 'criminal justice system,' I think we can safely assume that 95 percent of the black males in that city are semi-criminal or entirely criminal.
Ron Paul
Image
All branches of our government today are controlled by individuals who use their power to undermine liberty and enhance the welfare/warfare state-and frequently their own wealth and power.
Ron Paul
Image
Right now, nobody legalized paper money. Where did that come from.
Ron Paul
Image
Another term for preventive war is aggressive war - starting wars because someday somebody might do something to us. That is not part of the American tradition.
Ron Paul
Image
It's not like I'm just trying to win and get elected. I'm trying to change the course of history.
Ron Paul
Image
Banning guns because of their misuse is like banning the First Amendment because one might libel or slander.
Ron Paul
Image
We need a smaller and elite military, as [Donald]Rumsfeld said - and also a smaller and elite foreign policy.
Ron Paul
Image
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
Image
Without question, the true goal of some in Congress is to create a system of socialized medicine. It's politically expedient to slap a patients’ rights label on legislation that simply leads us closer to a complete government takeover of medicine.
Ron Paul
Image
After years spent in Washington, I have become more aware than ever of the government's ineptness and the likelihood of its making mistakes. I no longer trust the U.S. government to invoke and carry out a death sentence under any conditions.
Ron Paul
Image
I think it's a theory... the theory of evolution and I don't accept it as a theory.
Ron Paul
Image
Once created, federal programs are nearly impossible to eliminate.
Ron Paul
Image
Truth is treason in the empire of lies.
Ron Paul
Image
Suicide terrorism stops when we stop intervening abroad.
Ron Paul
Image
You can't have a healthy economy without sound money, which is why we're on the verge of very serious economic problem.
Ron Paul