"Freedom is not defined by safety. Freedom is defined by the ability of citizens to live without government interference. Government cannot create a world without risks, nor would we really wish to live in such a fictional place. Only a totalitarian society would even claim absolute safety as a worthy ideal, because it would require total state control over its citizens’ lives. Liberty has meaning only if we still believe in it when terrible things happen and a false government security blanket beckons."
Dr. Ron Paul (former congressman and presidential condidate)
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Probably one of the very few 20th/21st century American politicians whose ideology will be still read 100+ years from now. Truly, a rare man of peace and freedom.
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