Ron Paul Speaks

by Philip Haddad, Roger Marsh, Ron Paul (Introduction)

Overview

Ron Paul Speaks presents hundreds of fascinating quotes from America’s favorite dark horse presidential candidate. Congressman Ron Paul provides supporters and others with insight into his beliefs, expressing what he stands for on a wide range of issues, and what he would offer America were he to end up in the White House sooner or later.

Covering all sorts of controversial topics—from abortion, the Constitution, education, gas prices, health care, and the stock market to terrorism and the war in Iraq—Ron Paul Speaks brings us the real words of the man famous for advocating a return to the founding fathers’ original intent: limited government, states’ rights, personal liberty, low taxation, and low spending. It includes an introduction by Ron Paul himself, the Texas congressman and onetime obstetrician who became the darling of millions of Americans young and old who feel that mainstream politics has left them out in the cold.

“We should not trick ourselves into believing that we can pick and choose which part of the Bill of Rights we support.”—Ron Paul

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781599214481
Publisher:	Rowman & Littlefield Publishers, Inc.
Publication date:	04/15/2008
Edition description:	First Edition
Pages:	352
Product dimensions:	5.50(w) x 7.50(h) x (d)

About the Author

Philip Haddad is pursuing a degree in political science. He is a political columnist with the southwestern Pennsylvania regional magazine, Curb. As an actor, he has been involved in regional theater. He recently appeared as the lead male role in the independent film, Mars Attacks Mt. Pleasant, now in post-production. Philip lives in Scottdale, Pennsylvania.

Roger Marsh is a content producer who has worked as a writer, playwright, Web producer and independent filmmaker. Ten of his plays have been produced - all works of comedy, including his serial dramedy, Dime Novel Radio Theater. As an acquisitions editor for major book publishers, hundreds of his book projects have been distributed both domestically and internationally, including the quote books, Wit & Wisdom of Baseball, and Wit & Wisdom of Golf, and The New York Times bestseller, Ross Perot: What Does He Stand For? He is the co-author of Julie Taymor: Art on Stage and Screen. His first film, Haunted R&R Station, was released on DVD in June 2006. Roger wrote and directed the full-length comedy, Mars Attacks Mt. Pleasant, currently in post-production with a planned release summer 2008. Roger lives in Chicago with his wife, Joyce, and daughter, Laine.

Read an Excerpt

On the Media: Politics as usual is aided by the complicity of the media. Economic ignorance, bleeding heart emotionalism, and populist passion pervade our major networks and cable channels. This is especially noticeable when the establishment seeks to unify the people behind an illegal, unwise war. The propaganda is well-coordinated by the media/government/military/industrial complex. This collusion is worse than when state-owned media do the same thing. In countries where everyone knows the media produces government propaganda, people remain wary of what they hear. In the United States the media are considered free and independent, thus the propaganda is accepted with less questioning. On War: Policy changes in wartime are difficult, for it is almost impossible for the administration to change course since so much emotional energy has been invested in the effort. That's why Eisenhower ended the Korean War, and not Truman. That's why Nixon ended the Vietnam War, and not LBJ. Even in the case of Vietnam the end was too slow and costly, as more than 30,000 military deaths came after Nixon's election in 1968. It makes a lot more sense to avoid unnecessary wars than to overcome the politics involved in stopping them once started. I personally am convinced that many of our wars could be prevented by paying stricter attention to the method whereby our troops are committed to battle. I also am convinced that when Congress does not declare war, victory is unlikely.

Table of Contents

Topics covered:

2004 Election

2006 Election

Abortion

Accountability
Afghanistan
Al Qaeda
ANWR
Arab League

Bad Bills

Ballot Access

Bill of Rights

Blame Game

Borrowing

Bureaucracy

Business

Central Bankers

Chavez

Checks and Balances

China

Christianity

CIA

Civil Disobedience

Civil Liberties

Congress

Congressional Priorities

Conservatives

Constitution

Constitutional Liberties

Counterfeiting

Courts

Debt

Declaration of War

Deficit

Democracy

Depreciation of the Dollar

Diplomacy

Draft

Economics

Education
Empathy
Empire
Enhancing the State
Entangling Allies
Exaggerated Enemy
Executive Orders

Family

FDA

Fear

Federal Funding

Federal Reserve

Federalization

Fiat Money

Financial Crisis

Fiscal Responsibility

Foreign Aid

Foreign Policy

Founding Fathers

Fourth Generation Warfare

Free Market

Free Speech

Free Trade

Freedom

Fundraising

Future

Gas Prices

Gold

Gold Standard

Government

Habeas Corpus
Harry Browne
Hate Crime Laws
Health Care
Housing Market
Hurricane Katrina
Immigration

Income Tax

Inflation

Inflation Tax

Interest Rates

International Organizations

International Relations

Interstate Commerce
Interventionism

Iran

Iranian Invasion

Iraq

Iraq War

Islamic Fanaticism
Islamic State

Israel

Lebanon

Legislation

Liberty

Life

Lobbyists

Market

Marriage

Martial Law

Media

Medical Privacy

Middle East

Militarism

Military Commissions Act

Military-Industrial Complex

Military Intervention

Military Victory

Minimum Wage

Mitt Romney
Monetary System
Money Growth
Nation Building
National Criminal Background System

National Debt

National ID

Neoconservative

Non-Interventionism

Occupation

Oil
'sama bin Laden
Pakistan

Partisan Politics

Patriot Act

Patriotism

Phil Crane

Pledge of Allegiance

Price Stability

Policing the World

Political Correctness

Politicians

Politics

Preemptive War

Prescription Drugs

Presidential Restraint

Price Controls

Privacy

Protectionism
Protest
Racism
Regime Change
Republic
Republican 2008 Candidates
Republican Party
Roe vs. Wade
Ron Paul ’08 Campaign

Ron Paul Revolution

Ronald Reagan
Rudy Giuliani
Rule of Law
Saddam Hussein
Sanctions

Scapegoating

Scooter Libby

Second Amendment

Security
September 11
Social Security
Solutions
Sound Money

Space

Special Interest

Spending

State’s Rights

Statism

Stock Market
Subsidies
Sudan

Super Power

Surveillance

Syria

Taxation

Terrorism

The Left

Third Party Run

Trade

Transparency

Troop Withdrawal

Two-Party System

United Nations

U. S. Dollar

USSR

Vietnam

Vice Presidency

Walter Reed

War

War Mentality
War on Drugs

War on Terrorism

War Policy

War Profiters

War Propaganda

War Spending

Warfare

Washington

Wealth

Welfare

Wilsonian Idealism

World Bank

Young People