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Quote by: The Decider  People are taking "pot shots" at Ron Paul for requesting clarification of his stated positions on the CIA, FBI, the UN, and NATO? That's a new one. I agree with Chaossaber314--Paul has not explained to my satisfaction how our nation would gather intelligence or maintain our alliances overseas in the absence of these organizations. He's big on quoting the constitution and criticizing big government, but chintzy on the specific Paul alternatives, either "honest" or "realistic."
I disagree. One of the refreshing aspects of Ron Paul are his crystal clear messages and language. "Abolish the CIA" doesn't require a PR firm to communicate or explain. And if Paul has no specifics for a post-CIA American intelligence community, a PR firm can't help him much. |
I believe that you misunderstand the principles on which Mr. Paul stands, which are those on which our country was founded.
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Peace, commerce and honest friendship with all nations; entangling alliances with none.
I abhor war and view it as the greatest scourge of mankind.
I believe that banking institutions are more dangerous to our liberties than standing armies. Already they have raised up a monied aristocracy that has set the government at defiance. The issuing power should be taken from the banks and restored to the people to whom it properly belongs.
I have no ambition to govern men; it is a painful and thankless office.
I own that I am not a friend to a very energetic government. It is always oppressive.
I predict future happiness for Americans if they can prevent the government from wasting the labors of the people under the pretense of taking care of them.
I would rather be exposed to the inconveniences attending too much liberty than to those attending too small a degree of it.
My reading of history convinces me that most bad government results from too much government.
One man with courage is a majority.
Sometimes it is said that man cannot be trusted with the government of himself. Can he, then be trusted with the government of others? Or have we found angels in the form of kings to govern him? Let history answer this question.
Timid men prefer the calm of despotism to the tempestuous sea of liberty.
To compel a man to subsidize with his taxes the propagation of ideas which he disbelieves and abhors is sinful and tyrannical.
When the people fear their government, there is tyranny; when the government fears the people, there is liberty.
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If there's any doubt I'll leave it as an exercise for the reader to determine the providence of the above.
Keith