Maybe we ought to consider a Golden Rule in foreign policy: Don't do to other nations what we don't want happening to us. We endlessly bomb these countries and then we wonder why they get upset with us?
From Ron Paul
Real patriotism is a willingness to challenge the government when it's wrong.
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.
When one gets in bed with government, one must expect the diseases it spreads.
You wanna get rid of drug crime in this country? Fine, let's just get rid of all the drug laws.
What is not conservative about saying, 'Don't go to war unless we go to war properly with a full declaration of war and no other way?'
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.
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.
I am just absolutely convinced that the best formula for giving us peace and preserving the American way of life is freedom, limited government, and minding our own business overseas.
Everyone assumes America must play the leading role in crafting some settlement or compromise between the Israelis and the Palestinians. But Jefferson, Madison, and Washington explicitly warned against involving ourselves in foreign conflicts.
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