Comparing Ron Paul to Thomas Jefferson in Quotes

you tell me: is ron paul founding father material??


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"Setting a good example is a far better way to spread ideals than through force of arms." --Ron Paul

"War is an instrument entirely inefficient toward redressing wrong; and multiplies, instead of indemnifying losses." --Thomas Jefferson

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"A system of capitalism presumes sound money, not fiat money manipulated by a central bank. Capitalism cherishes voluntary contracts and interest rates that are determined by savings, not credit creation by a central bank." --Ron Paul

"If the American people ever allow private banks to control the issue of currency, first by
inflation, then by deflation, the banks and corporations that will grow up around them will deprive
the people of all property until their children wake up homeless on the continent their fathers
conquered."-- Thomas Jefferson

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"All initiation of force is a violation of someone else's rights, whether initiated by an individual or the state, for the benefit of an individual or group of individuals, even if it's supposed to be for the benefit of another individual or group of individuals." --Ron Paul

"Force is the vital principle and immediate parent of despotism." --Thomas Jefferson

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"The most important element of a free society, where individual rights are held in the highest esteem, is the rejection of the initiation of violence." --Ron Paul

"If there is one principle more deeply rooted in the mind of every American, it is that we should have nothing to do with conquest." --Thomas Jefferson

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"The 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. " --Ron Paul

"I have no fear that the result of our experiment will be that men may be trusted to govern themselves without a master." --Thomas Jefferson

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"When one gets in bed with government, one must expect the diseases it spreads." --Ron Paul

"It is error alone which needs the support of government. Truth can stand by itself." --Thomas Jefferson

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"One thing is clear: The Founding Fathers never intended a nation where citizens pay nearly half of everything they earn to government." --Ron Paul

"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." --Thomas Jefferson

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"No matter how well intentioned, an authoritarian government always abuses its powers." --Ron Paul

"I own that I am not a friend to a very energetic government. It is always oppressive." --Thomas Jefferson

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"The requirement that law enforcement officials obtain a warrant from a judge before searching private documents is one of the fundamental protections against abuse of the government's power to seize an individual's private documents." --Ron Paul

"I consider trial by jury as the only anchor yet imagined by man by which a government can be
held to the priciples of it's Constitution."--Thomas Jefferson

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"If we can't or won't define the enemy, the cost to fight such a war will be endless. How many American troops are we prepared to lose? How much money are we prepared to spend? How many innocent civilians, in our nation and others, are we willing to see killed? How many American civilians will we jeopardize? How much of our civil liberties are we prepared to give up?" --Ron Paul

It is our duty still to endeavor to avoid war; but if it shall actually take place, no matter by whom brought on, we must defend ourselves. If our house be on fire, without inquiring whether it was fired from within or without, we must try to extinguish it." --Thomas Jefferson