Intellectually and compassionately explaining the reason freedom works is required for credibility.
The true patriot is motivated by a sense of responsibility and out of self interest for himself, his family, and the future of his country to resist government abuse of power. He rejects the notion that patriotism means obedience to the state.
Foreign aid is taking money from the poor people of a rich country and giving it to the rich people of a poor country.
You can’t have a healthy economy without sound money, which is why we’re on the verge of very serious economic problem.
Could America exist without an income tax? The idea seems radical, yet in truth America did just fine without a federal income tax for the first 126 years of her history.
I am convinced that there are more threats to American liberty within the 10 mile radius of my office on Capitol Hill than there are on the rest of the globe.
Speak up, speak often and don’t worry about those that at this point cannot understand as they can never un-hear what we tell them.
When the federal government spends more each year than it collects in tax revenues, it has three choices: It can raise taxes, print money, or borrow money. While these actions may benefit politicians, all three options are bad for average Americans.
My message is simple – freedom works a lot better than the authoritarian style of government.
The moral and constitutional obligations of our representatives in Washington are to protect our liberty, not coddle the world, precipitating no-win wars, while bringing bankruptcy and economic turmoil to our people.
Freedom is living without government coercion. So when a politician talks about freedom for this group or that, ask yourself whether he is advocating more government action or less.
It is no coincidence that the century of total war coincided with the century of central banking.
There’s not much you can do about the bias of the media other than try to counteract it by putting the truth out best you can, and the Internet has been a great weapon for holding the media accountable.
What if the American people woke up and understood that the official reasons for going to war are almost always based on lies and promoted by war propaganda in order to serve special interests?
The constant refrain that bringing our troops home would demonstrate a lack of support for them must be one of the most amazing distortions ever foisted on the American public.
Legitimate use of violence can only be that which is required in self-defense.
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.
The Founders warned that a free society depends on a virtuous and moral people. The current crisis reflects that their concerns were justified.
Believe me, the intellectual revolution is going on, and that has to come first before you see the political changes. That’s where I’m very optimistic.
There is but one special interest that we should be working for, and that would solve just about all of our problems, and that is our liberty.