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Ron Paul

February 15, 2024

This article is about the former U.S. Representative from Texas. For his son, see Rand Paul.

Ronald Ernest Paul (born August 20, 1935) is an American author, activist, physician and retired politician who served as the U.S. representative for Texas's 22nd congressional district from 1976 to 1977 and again from 1979 to 1985, as well as for Texas's 14th congressional district from 1997 to 2013. On three occasions, he sought the presidency of the United States: as the Libertarian Party nominee in 1988 and as a candidate for the Republican Party in 2008 and 2012.

Ron Paul
Paul in 2023
Member of the
U.S. House of Representatives
from Texas
In office
January 3, 1997 – January 3, 2013
Preceded byGreg Laughlin
Succeeded byRandy Weber
Constituency14th district
In office
January 3, 1979 – January 3, 1985
Preceded byRobert Gammage
Succeeded byTom DeLay
Constituency22nd district
In office
April 3, 1976 – January 3, 1977
Preceded byRobert R. Casey
Succeeded byRobert Gammage
Constituency22nd district
Personal details
Born
Ronald Ernest Paul

(1935-08-20) August 20, 1935 (age 88)
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, U.S.
Political partyLibertarian (1987–1996, 2015–present)[1]
Other political
affiliations		Republican (before 1987, 1996–2015)
Spouse
Carolyn Wells
​
(m. 1957)​
Children5, including Rand
EducationGettysburg College (BS)
Duke University (MD)
Occupation
  • Politician
  • physician
  • author
Signature
WebsiteOfficial website
Military service
Allegiance United States
Branch/service United States Air Force
Years of service1963–1965
1965–1968
Rank Captain[2]
Unit
Ron Paul's voice
Paul gives a speech criticizing the country's interventionist foreign policy
Recorded October 17, 2003

A self-described constitutionalist, Paul is a critic of several of the federal government's policies, especially the existence of the Federal Reserve and tax policy, as well as the military–industrial complex, the war on drugs, and the war on terror. He has also been a vocal critic of mass surveillance policies such as the USA PATRIOT Act and the NSA surveillance programs. In 1976, Paul formed the Foundation for Rational Economics and Education (FREE), and in 1985 was named the first chairman of the conservative PAC Citizens for a Sound Economy, both free-market groups focused on limited government.[3] He has been characterized as the "intellectual godfather" of the Tea Party movement, a fiscally conservative political movement started in 2007 and popularized in 2009 that is largely against most matters of interventionism.[4][5]

Paul served as a flight surgeon in the U.S. Air Force from 1963 to 1968, and worked as an obstetrician-gynecologist from the 1960s to the 1980s.[6] He became the first Representative in history to serve concurrently with a child in the Senate when his son, Rand Paul, became United States Senator from Kentucky in 2011.[7] Ron Paul is a Senior Fellow and Distinguished Counselor of the Mises Institute,[8] and has published a number of books and promoted the ideas of economists of the Austrian School such as Murray Rothbard, Friedrich Hayek, and Ludwig von Mises during his political campaigns. He has cited President Grover Cleveland as a preferred model of governance.[9]

After the popularity and grassroots enthusiasm of his 2008 presidential bid, Paul announced in July 2011 that he would not seek reelection to Congress in order to focus on his 2012 bid for the presidency.[10] Finishing in the top four with delegates in both races (while winning four states in the 2012 primaries), he refused to endorse the Republican nominations of John McCain and Mitt Romney during their respective 2008 and 2012 campaigns against Barack Obama. In May 2012, Paul announced that he would not be competing in any other presidential primaries but that he would still compete for delegates in states where the primary elections had already been held.[11] At both the 2008 and 2012 Republican National Conventions, Paul received the second-highest number of delegates behind only McCain and Romney respectively.

In January 2013, Paul retired from Congress but remained active on college campuses, giving speeches promoting libertarian and libertarian-conservative ideas.[12][13] He also continues to provide political commentary through The Ron Paul Liberty Report, a web show he co-hosts on YouTube. At 81, and despite not running, Paul received one electoral vote from a Texas faithless elector in the 2016 presidential election, making him the oldest person to receive an Electoral College vote, as well as the second registered Libertarian presidential candidate in history to receive an electoral vote, after John Hospers in 1972.

Early life, education, and medical career

Ronald Ernest Paul was born on August 20, 1935, in Pittsburgh,[14] the son of Howard Caspar Paul (1904–1997), who ran a small dairy company, and Margaret Paul (née Dumont; 1908–2001). His paternal grandfather emigrated from Germany,[15] and his paternal grandmother, a devout Christian, was a first-generation German American.[16] He has four brothers.[17]

As a junior at suburban Dormont High School, he was the 200-meter dash state champion.[18] Paul went to Gettysburg College, where he was a member of the Lambda Chi Alpha fraternity.[19] He graduated with a B.S. degree in Biology in 1957.[18]

Paul earned a Doctor of Medicine degree from Duke University's School of Medicine in 1961, and completed his medical internship at the Henry Ford Hospital in Detroit and his residency in obstetrics and gynecology at Magee-Womens Hospital in Pittsburgh.[20][21] Paul served as a flight surgeon in the United States Air Force from 1963 to 1965 and then in the United States Air National Guard from 1965 to 1968. Paul and his wife then relocated to Texas, where he began a private practice in obstetrics and gynecology.[21] One child that he helped deliver was famous Tejano singer Selena Quintanilla.[22]

Early congressional career (1976–1985)

While a medical resident in the 1960s, Paul was influenced by Friedrich Hayek's The Road to Serfdom, which caused him to read other publications by Ludwig von Mises and Ayn Rand. He came to know economists Hans Sennholz and Murray Rothbard well, and credits his interest in the study of economics to them.[23][24]

When President Richard Nixon "closed the gold window" by ending American participation in the Bretton Woods System, thus ending the U.S. dollar's loose association with gold[23] on August 15, 1971, Paul decided to enter politics[25] and became a Republican candidate for the United States Congress.[26]

Elections

In 1974, incumbent Robert R. Casey defeated him for the 22nd district.[21] President Gerald Ford later appointed Casey to the Federal Maritime Commission, and Paul won an April 1976 special election to the vacant office after a runoff.[27][28][29] Paul lost the next regular election to Democrat Robert Gammage by fewer than 300 votes (0.2%), but defeated Gammage in a 1978 rematch, and was reelected in 1980 and 1982.[30][31][32] Gammage underestimated Paul's popularity among local mothers: "I had real difficulty down in Brazoria County, where he practiced, because he'd delivered half the babies in the county. There were only two obstetricians in the county, and the other one was his partner."[33]

Tenure

 
Paul in 1979

Paul served in Congress three different periods: first from 1976 to 1977, after he won a special election, then from 1979 to 1985, and finally from 1997 to 2013.[34]

In his early years, Paul served on the House Banking Committee, where he blamed the Federal Reserve for inflation and spoke against the banking mismanagement that resulted in the savings and loan crisis.[15][35] Paul argued for a return to the gold standard maintained by the U.S. from 1873 to 1933, and with Senator Jesse Helms convinced the Congress to study the issue.[23] He spoke against the reinstatement of registration for the military draft in 1980, in opposition to President Jimmy Carter and the majority of his fellow Republican members of Congress.[36]

During his first term, Paul founded the Foundation for Rational Economics and Education (FREE), a non-profit think tank dedicated to promoting principles of limited government and free-market economics.[37][38] In 1984, Paul became the first chairman of the Citizens for a Sound Economy (CSE),[3] a conservative political group founded by Charles and David Koch "to fight for less government, lower taxes, and less regulation." CSE started a Tea Party protest against high taxes in 2002.[39] In 2004, Citizens for a Sound Economy split into two new organizations, with Citizens for a Sound Economy being renamed as FreedomWorks, and Citizens for a Sound Economy Foundation becoming Americans for Prosperity. The two organizations would become key players in the Tea Party movement from 2009 onward.

Paul proposed term-limit legislation multiple times, while himself serving four terms in the House of Representatives.[36] In 1984, he decided to retire from the House in order to run for the U.S. Senate, complaining in his House farewell address that "Special interests have replaced the concern that the Founders had for general welfare... It's difficult for one who loves true liberty and utterly detests the power of the state to come to Washington for a period of time and not leave a true cynic."[40][41] Paul lost the Republican primary to Phil Gramm, who had switched parties the previous year from Democrat to Republican. Another candidate of the senatorial primary was Henry Grover, a conservative former state legislator who had lost the 1972 gubernatorial general election to Democrat Dolph Briscoe, Jr.[42][43]

On Paul's departure from the House, his seat was assumed by former state representative Tom DeLay, who would later become House Majority Leader.[44]

Libertarian Party and ventures

1985–1997

Following the loss of the 1984 senate race, Paul returned to his obstetrics practice and took part in a number of other business ventures.[15][45] Along with his former congressional chief of staff, Lew Rockwell, Paul founded a for-profit enterprise, Ron Paul & Associates, Inc. (RP&A) in 1984, with Paul serving as president, Rockwell as vice president, Paul's wife Carol as secretary, and daughter Lori Pyeatt as treasurer. The company published a variety of political and investment-oriented newsletters, including Ron Paul Freedom Report and Ron Paul Survival Report,[46] and by 1993 was generating revenues in excess of $900,000.[47]

Paul also co-owned a mail-order coin dealership, Ron Paul Coins, for twelve years with Burt Blumert, who continued to operate the dealership after Paul resumed office in 1996.[48][49] Paul spoke multiple times at the American Numismatic Association's 1988 convention.[48] He worked with his Foundation for Rational Economics and Education on such projects as establishing the National Endowment for Liberty, producing the At Issue public policy series that was broadcast on the Discovery Channel and CNBC,[37] and continuing publication of newsletters.

1988 presidential campaign

Main article: Ron Paul 1988 presidential campaign

Paul left the Republican Party in 1987 and launched a bid for the presidency running on the Libertarian Party ticket. His candidacy was seen as problematic because of the party's long support for freedom of choice on abortions. Native American activist Russell Means, Paul's rival for the nomination, emphasized that he was in favor of abortion rights.[50] In a forum held prior to the nomination, Means dismissed the greater funds raised by Paul's campaign, commenting that Means was receiving "10 times more press" than the former Congressman and was therefore "100 times more effective".[51]

On September 25, 1988, American psychologist and psychedelic advocate Timothy Leary held a fundraiser for Paul, who attended the event.[52][53][54] Journalist Debra Saunders attended and wrote about her experience.[55]

In the 1988 presidential election, Paul was on the ballot in 46 states,[56] scoring third in the popular vote with 432,179 votes (0.5%).[57] Paul was kept off the ballot in Missouri, due to what the St. Louis Post-Dispatch termed a "technicality," and received votes there only when written in,[58] just as he did in North Carolina.[59]

According to Paul, his presidential campaign was about more than obtaining office; he sought to promote his libertarian ideas, often to school and university groups regardless of vote eligibility. He said, "We're just as interested in the future generation as this election. These kids will vote eventually, and maybe, just maybe, they'll go home and talk to their parents."[56]

Paul considered campaigning for president in 1992,[60] but instead chose to endorse Pat Buchanan that year, and served as an adviser to Buchanan's Republican presidential primary campaign against incumbent President George H. W. Bush.[61]

Later congressional career (1997–2013)

 
An earlier congressional portrait of Paul, c. 1997
 
Paul in his Congressional office, September 1999

Elections

Further information: Texas's 14th congressional district
1996 campaign

During 1996, Paul was re-elected to Congress after a difficult campaign. The Republican National Committee endorsed incumbent Greg Laughlin in the primary; Paul won with assistance from baseball pitcher, constituent, and friend Nolan Ryan, tax activist and publisher Steve Forbes[15] and conservative commentator Pat Buchanan (the latter two of whom had run in the 1996 Republican Party presidential primaries). Paul narrowly defeated Democratic attorney Charles "Lefty" Morris in the fall election, despite Morris' criticism over controversial statements in several newsletters that Paul published.

1998–2013

In 1998 and 2000, Paul defeated Loy Sneary, a Democratic Bay City, Texas, rice farmer and former Matagorda County judge.[25] In the 2008 Republican primary,[62] he defeated Friendswood city councilman Chris Peden,[63] with over 70 percent of the vote[64] and ran unopposed in the general election.[65] In the 2010 Republican primary, Paul defeated three opponents with 80 percent of the vote.[66]

On July 12, 2011, Paul announced that he would not seek re-election to the House in order to pursue the 2012 presidential election.[67][68]

Tenure

Legislation
Main article: List of legislation sponsored by Ron Paul

Of the 620 bills that Paul had sponsored through December 2011, over a period of more than 22 years in Congress, only one had been signed into law—a lifetime success rate of less than 0.3%.[69] The sole measure authored by Paul that was ultimately enacted allowed for a federal customhouse to be sold to a local historic preservation society (H.R. 2121 in 2009).[69]

 
2007 congressional portrait

By amending other legislation, he helped prohibit funding for national identification numbers, funding for federal teacher certification,[25] International Criminal Court jurisdiction over the U.S. military, American participation with any U.N. global tax, and surveillance of peaceful First Amendment activities by citizens.[70]

In November 1997, Paul was one of eighteen Republicans in the House to co-sponsor a resolution by Bob Barr that sought to launch an impeachment inquiry against President Bill Clinton.[71][72] The resolution did not specify any charges or allegations.[72] This was an early effort to impeach Clinton, predating the eruption of the Clinton–Lewinsky scandal. The eruption of that scandal would ultimately lead to a more serious effort to impeach Clinton in 1998.[73] On October 8, 1998, Paul voted in favor of legislation that was passed to open an impeachment inquiry.[74] On December 19, 1998, Paul voted in favor of all four proposed articles of impeachment against Clinton (only two of which received the needed majority of votes to be adopted).[75][76][77][78] Two days prior, on December 16, Paul had stated that he would vote to impeach based on Clinton's military attacks in the Middle East, namely the 1998 bombing of Iraq and Operation Infinite Reach, and not necessarily the Lewinsky scandal, which he described as far less serious than the "unconstitutionality of presidents waging wars".[79]

Affiliations

Paul was honorary chairman of, and is a member of the Republican Liberty Caucus, a political action committee that describes its goal as electing "liberty-minded, limited-government individuals".[80] He is an initiating member of the Congressional Rural Caucus, which deals with agricultural and rural issues, and the 140-member Congressional Wildlife Refuge Caucus.[81]

Committee assignments

Paul served on the following committees and subcommittees.[82]

With the election of the 112th Congress, and a resulting GOP majority in the House, Paul became the chairman of the Subcommittee on Domestic Monetary Policy and Technology starting in January 2011.[83]

Paul's congressional career ended on January 3, 2013 with the swearing in of the 113th Congress.

2008 presidential campaign

Main article: Ron Paul 2008 presidential campaign
See also: 2008 Republican Party presidential primaries

2008 Republican primary campaign

 
Paul campaigning for president in Manchester, New Hampshire, June 2007
 
Supporters outside of the Fox News debate in September 2007

Paul formally declared his candidacy for the 2008 Republican nomination on March 12, 2007, on C-SPAN.[84] Few major politicians endorsed him, and his campaign was largely ignored by traditional media.[85] However, he attracted an intensely loyal grassroots following,[86] interacting through internet social media.[87][88][89] In May 2007, shortly after the first televised primary debates, the blogs search engine site Technorati.com listed Paul's name as the term most frequently searched for;[87] and Paul's campaign claimed that Paul had more YouTube channel subscribers than Barack Obama or any other candidate for president.[90] Paul fundraised more money than any other Republican candidate in the fourth quarter of 2007, as the primary season headed into the Iowa caucuses.[91][92]

Despite benefiting from campaign contributions from individual donors,[93] and the supporters determined to keep his name a frequent topic of discussion on the internet,[87] over the course of the campaign Paul was unable to translate the enthusiasm of his core supporters into large enough numbers of actual primary votes to unseat his rivals.

Paul came in 5th place in both the January 4 Iowa caucuses (10% of votes cast)[94] and the January 8 New Hampshire primary (8%).[95] With the exception of the Nevada caucuses January 19, where he came in 2nd (14%) behind Mitt Romney (51%), he did little better through the rest of January: Michigan 4th (6%), South Carolina 5th (4%), Florida 5th (3%). On Super Tuesday, February 5, he placed 4th in almost every state, generally taking in a mere 3–6% of the votes although he did better in the northern states of North Dakota (21%, 3rd place) and Montana (25%, 2nd place).[96][97]

By March, front-runner John McCain had secured enough pledged delegates to guarantee that he would win the nomination, and Romney and Mike Huckabee had both formally withdrawn from the race. Paul, who had won no state primaries, knew that it was now impossible for him to win the nomination, as he had captured only 20[98]—40 pledged delegates compared to more than 1,191 for McCain, yet he refused to concede the race and said that it was unlikely that he would ultimately endorse McCain.[99][100][101] Over the next few weeks, Paul's supporters clashed with establishment Republicans at several county and state party conventions over state party rules, the party platforms, and selection of delegates for the national convention.[102][103][104] In one instance, Nevada's state party leaders in response to Paul's supporters at the state nominating convention, resorted to prematurely shutting down the convention before selecting national delegates, with a plan to reconvene at a later date.[105][106]

On June 12, 2008, Paul withdrew his bid for the Republican nomination. He later said that one of the reasons he did not run in the general election as a third-party candidate, after losing the primaries, was that, as a concession to gain ballot access in certain states, he had signed legally binding agreements to not run a third-party campaign if he lost the primary.[107] Some of the $4 million remaining campaign contributions was invested into the political action and advocacy group called Ron Paul's Campaign for Liberty.[108]

Endorsement after ending campaign

 
Paul's Rally for the Republic, held in Minneapolis, Minnesota on September 2, 2008

At a September 10, 2008, press conference, Paul announced his general support of four third-party candidates: Cynthia McKinney (Green Party); Bob Barr (Libertarian Party); Chuck Baldwin (Constitution Party); and Ralph Nader (independent). He said that each of them had pledged to adhere to a policy of balancing budgets, bringing the troops home, defending privacy and personal liberties, and investigating the Federal Reserve. Paul also said that under no circumstances would he be endorsing either of the two main parties' candidates (McCain—Republican Party, or Obama—Democratic Party) because there were no real differences between them, and because neither of them, if elected, would seek to make the fundamental changes in governance that were necessary. He urged instead that, rather than contribute to the "charade" that the two-party election system had become, the voters support the third-party candidates as a protest vote, to force change in the election process.[109][110] Later that same day, Paul gave a televised interview with Nader saying much the same again.[111]

Two weeks later, "shocked and disappointed" that Bob Barr (the Libertarian nominee) had pulled out of attending the press conference at the last minute and had admonished Paul for remaining neutral and failing to say which specific candidate Paul would vote for in the general election, Paul released a statement saying that he had decided to endorse Chuck Baldwin, the Constitution Party candidate, for president.[112]

Paul withdrew from active campaigning in the last weeks of the primary election period. He received 42,426 votes, or 0.03% of the total cast, in the general election.[113]

2012 presidential campaign

Main article: Ron Paul 2012 presidential campaign
See also: 2012 Republican Party presidential primaries

2012 Republican primary campaign

 
Paul speaking at a rally at Lindenwood University in St. Charles, Missouri, March 2012

Paul won several early straw polls for the 2012 Republican presidential nomination[114] and formed an official exploratory committee in late April 2011.[115][116] He participated in the first Republican presidential debate on May 5, 2011[117] and on May 13, 2011 formally announced his candidacy in an interview on ABC's Good Morning America.[118] He placed second in the 2011 Ames Straw Poll, missing first by 0.9%.[119] Paul indicated in a June 2011 interview that if nominated, he would consider former New Jersey Superior Court judge Andrew Napolitano as his running mate.[120]

In December 2011, with Paul's increased support, the controversy over racist and homophobic statements in several Ron Paul newsletters in the 1980s and early 1990s once again gained media attention.[121] During this time Paul supporters asserted that he was continually ignored by the media despite his significant support, citing examples of where television news shows would fail to mention Paul in discussions of the Republican presidential hopefuls even when he was polling second.[122][123][124]

Iowa

Ron Paul's presidential campaign managers Jesse Benton, John Tate and Demetri Kesari were all found guilty of paying former Iowa State Senator Kent Sorenson $73,000 to switch his support from Rep. Michele Bachmann to Paul.[125] In court papers filed in August 2014, Sorenson said that he had been paid by both presidential campaigns for his endorsement and pled guilty to criminal charges stemming from the incident.[126]

Paul came in third in the Iowa Republican Caucus held on January 3, 2012. Out of a turnout of 121,503 votes, Paul took 26,036 (21%) of the certified votes. Rick Santorum and Mitt Romney finished in a virtual tie for first place with 25% each,[127] although Ron Paul had ultimately won[128] Iowa at the Republican National Convention gathering 22 delegates to Mitt Romney's 5. In the New Hampshire primary held on January 10, 2012, Paul received 23% of the votes and came in second after Romney's 39%.[129]

South Carolina, Florida, Nevada

 
Sign in support of Paul in Ann Arbor, Michigan on the day of the 2012 Michigan primary

Paul's results then declined, despite the withdrawal of candidates Michele Bachmann, Jon Huntsman and Rick Perry. He had fourth-place finishes in the next two primaries, on January 21 in South Carolina (with 13% of the vote)[130] and on January 31 in Florida (where he received 7% of the vote).[131][132][133]

On February 4, Paul finished third in Nevada with 18.8% of the vote.[134] Three non-binding primaries were held on February 7; Paul took 3rd place in Colorado[135] and Missouri[136] with 13% and 12% of the vote, respectively. He fared better in Minnesota[137] with 27%, finishing second to Rick Santorum.

On May 14, Paul's campaign announced that due to lack of funds (though despite financial backing from financiers Peter Thiel and Mark Spitznagel)[138] he would no longer actively campaign for votes in the 11 remaining primary states, including Texas and California, that had not yet voted.[11][139] He would, however, continue to seek to win delegates for the national party convention in the states that had already voted.

Irregularities

In June, a group of 132 supporters of Paul, demanding the freedom as delegates to the upcoming Republican party national convention to cast votes for Paul, filed a lawsuit in U.S. District Court against the Republican National Committee and 55 state and territorial Republican party organizations for allegedly coercing delegates to choose Mitt Romney as the party's presidential nominee.[140] The suit alleged that there had been "a systematic campaign of election fraud at state conventions," employing rigging of voting machines, ballot stuffing, and falsification of ballot totals. The suit further pointed to incidents at state conventions, including acts of violence and changes in procedural rules, allegedly intended to deny participation of Paul supporters in the party decision-making and to prevent votes from being cast for Paul. An attorney representing the complainants said that Paul campaign advisor Doug Wead had voiced support for the legal action.[140] Paul himself told CNN that although the lawsuit was not a part of his campaign's strategy and that he had not been advising his supporters to sue, he was not going to tell his supporters not to sue, if they had a legitimate argument. "If they're not following the rules, you have a right to stand up for the rules. I think for the most part these winning caucuses that we've been involved in we have followed the rules. And the other side has at times not followed the rules."[141]

Republican National convention

Paul declined to speak at the Republican National Convention as a matter of principle, saying that the convention planners had demanded that his remarks be vetted by the Romney campaign and that he make an unqualified endorsement of Romney.[142] Paul had felt that "It wouldn't be my speech... That would undo everything I've done in the last 30 years. I don't fully endorse him for president."[142] Many of Paul's supporters and delegates walked out of the convention in protest over rules adopted by the convention that reduced their delegate count and that would make it harder for non-establishment candidates to win the party's nomination in future elections.[143] Supporters and media commentators had noted that the delegations from states where Paul had had the most support were given the worst seats in the convention hall, while delegations from regions with no electoral votes, such as the Northern Mariana Islands, American Samoa, and Puerto Rico, were given prime seats at the front.[144][145]

Endorsement after ending campaign

As in 2008, in 2012 Paul ultimately refused to endorse the ticket selected by the Republican Party. He said that there was no essential difference between Romney and his Democratic opponent, President Obama, on the most critical policies: "I've been in this business a long time and believe me there is essentially no difference from one administration to another no matter what the platforms... The foreign policy stays the same, the monetary policy stays the same, there's no proposal for any real cuts and both parties support it."[146] Paul received 26,204 write-in votes, or 0.02% of the total cast in the election.[147]

Political party identification

Throughout his entire tenure in Congress, Paul has represented his district as a member of the Republican Party. However, he has frequently taken positions in direct opposition to the other members and the leadership of the party, and he has sometimes publicly questioned whether he really belonged in the party.

Paul voted for Dwight D. Eisenhower for president in 1956 when he was 21 years old.[148] He had been a lifelong supporter of the Republican Party by the time he entered politics in the mid-1970s.[148] He was one of the first elected officials in the nation to support Ronald Reagan's presidential campaign,[149] and he actively campaigned for Reagan in 1976 and 1980.[150] After Reagan's election in 1980, Paul quickly became disillusioned with the Reagan administration's policies. He later recalled being the only Republican to vote against Reagan budget proposals in 1981,[151][152] aghast that "in 1977, Jimmy Carter proposed a budget with a $38 billion deficit, and every Republican in the House voted against it. In 1981, Reagan proposed a budget with a $45 billion deficit—which turned out to be $113 billion—and Republicans were cheering his great victory. They were living in a storybook land."[149] He expressed his disgust with the political culture of both major parties in a speech delivered in 1984 upon resigning from the House of Representatives to prepare for a (failed) run for the Senate, and he eventually apologized to his libertarian friends for having supported Reagan.[151]

 
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Ron Paul's 1987 Resignation Letter to the RNC

By 1987, Paul was ready to sever all ties to the Republican Party, as he explained in a blistering resignation letter: "Since [1981] Ronald Reagan and the Republican Party have given us skyrocketing deficits, and astoundingly a doubled national debt. How is it that the party of balanced budgets, with control of the White House and Senate, accumulated red ink greater than all previous administrations put together? ... There is no credibility left for the Republican Party as a force to reduce the size of government. That is the message of the Reagan years."[148][150] A month later he announced he would seek the 1988 Libertarian Party nomination for president.

During the 1988 campaign, Paul called Reagan "a dramatic failure"[150] and complained that "Reagan's record is disgraceful. He starts wars, breaks the law, supplies terrorists with guns made at taxpayers' expense and lies about it to the American people."[153] Paul predicted that "the Republicans are on their way out as a major party,"[151] and he said that, although registered as a Republican, he had always been a libertarian at heart.[151][152]

Paul returned to his private medical practice and managing several business ventures after losing the 1988 election; but by 1996, he was ready to return to politics, this time running on the Republican Party ticket again. He said that he had never read the entire Libertarian platform when he ran for president as a Libertarian in 1988, and that "I worked for the Libertarians on my terms, not theirs."[154] He added that in terms of a political label he preferred to call himself "a constitutionalist. In Congress I took an oath to uphold the Constitution, not the (Republican) platform."[154]

When he lost the Republican Party presidential primary election in 2008, Paul criticized the two major political parties, saying that there was no real difference between the parties and that neither of them truly intended to challenge the status quo. He refused to endorse the Republican Party's nominee for president, John McCain, and lent his support to third-party candidates instead.[155][156]

In the 2012 presidential campaign, during which he acknowledged it was unlikely that he would win the Republican Party nomination,[157] Paul again asserted that he was participating in the Republican Party on his own terms, trying to persuade the rest of the party to move toward his positions rather than joining in with theirs.[158] He expressed doubt that he would support any of his rivals should they win the nomination, warning that, "If the policies of the Republican Party are the same as the Democrat Party and they don't want to change anything on foreign policy, they don't want to cut anything, they don't want to audit the Fed and find out about monetary policy, they don't want to have actual change in government, that is a problem for me."[159] On that same theme he said in another interview, "I would be reluctant to jump on board and tell all of the supporters that have given me trust and money that all of a sudden, I'd say, [all] we've done is for naught. So, let's support anybody at all ... even if they disagree with everything that we do."[160]

Political positions

Main article: Political positions of Ron Paul

Paul has been described as conservative and libertarian.[15] According to University of Georgia political scientist Keith Poole, Paul had the most conservative voting record of any member of Congress from 1937 to 2002,[161][162] and is the most conservative of the candidates that had sought the 2012 Republican nomination for president.[163] Other analyses have judged Paul much more moderate. The National Journal, for instance, rated Paul only the 145th-most-conservative member of the House of Representatives (out of 435) based on votes cast in 2010.[164][165] The National Journal's analysis gave Paul a 2011 composite ideological rating of 54% liberal and 46% conservative.[166] Paul says that he does not use the term "conservative" to describe himself very often and does not consider himself politically conservative "at all."[24]

The foundation of Paul's political philosophy is the conviction that "the proper role for government in America is to provide national defense, a court system for civil disputes, a criminal justice system for acts of force and fraud, and little else."[167]

He has been nicknamed "Dr. No," reflecting both his medical degree and his insistence that he will "never vote for legislation unless the proposed measure is expressly authorized by the Constitution."[25][35]

In 2008, Paul spoke at the John Birch Society's 50th-anniversary celebration.[168][169]

Foreign policy

An anti-war activist, Paul promotes a noninterventionist foreign policy and an end to American imperialism.[170] He advocates withdrawal from the United Nations and from the North Atlantic Treaty Organization, for reasons of maintaining strong national sovereignty.[171]

He voted for the Authorization for Use of Military Force Against Terrorists in response to the September 11 attacks, but suggested war alternatives such as authorizing the president to grant Letters of Marque and Reprisal targeting specific terrorists, in lieu of launching an Afghanistan invasion. Paul acknowledged his vote for the authorization of force was a difficult one.[24]

An opponent of the Iraq War as well, and potential war with Iran, he has criticized neoconservatism and U.S. foreign policy in the Middle East, arguing that both inadvertently cause terrorist reprisals against Americans, such as the 9/11 attacks. Paul has stated that "Israel is our close friend" and that it is not the place of the United States to "dictate how Israel runs her affairs". Paul, a critic of the US's implementation of most foreign aid, said in 2011 that "it was our foreign aid that helped Mubarak retain power to repress his people in the first place."[172]

Following the Orange Revolution protests in 2004, which led to Viktor Yanukovych's ouster from government, Paul accused the National Endowment for Democracy of having staged a coup in Ukraine.[173][174] Paul supported the 2014 Crimean status referendum,[175] for which he has been called a friend of Putin,[176] and has objected to sanctions during the Russo-Ukrainian War and foreign aid to Ukraine.[177]

Domestic issues

Paul endorses constitutional rights, such as the right to keep and bear arms, and habeas corpus for political detainees. He was one of only three Republicans in the House to vote against the Patriot Act. Paul opposes federal use of torture, presidential autonomy, a national identification card, warrantless domestic surveillance, and the draft. He has also called for shutting down the TSA and moving matters of airline security to private businesses.[178] Paul believes that the notion of the separation of church and state is currently misused by the court system: "In case after case, the Supreme Court has used the infamous 'separation of church and state' metaphor to uphold court decisions that allow the federal government to intrude upon and deprive citizens of their religious liberty."[179]

Sometime within the same month but much after the event of authorities executing a lock-down in sequence to the April 2013 Boston Marathon bombing, Paul commented on the tactics used by governing forces into a harsh criticism that he has written as a "military-style occupation of an American city".[13]

Economic issues

 
Paul speaking at the 2011 Liberty Political Action Conference (LPAC)

Paul is a proponent of Austrian School economics; he has authored six books on the subject, and displayed pictures of Austrian School economists Friedrich Hayek, Murray Rothbard, and Ludwig von Mises (as well as of President Grover Cleveland and Chicago School economist Milton Friedman)[180] on his office wall. He regularly voted against almost all proposals for new government spending, initiatives, or taxes;[181] he cast two thirds of all the lone negative votes in the House during a 1995–1997 period.[25]

He pledged never to raise taxes[182] and states he has never voted to approve a budget deficit. Paul believes that the country could abolish the individual income tax by scaling back federal spending to its fiscal year 2000 levels;[183][184] financing government operations would be primarily by excise taxes and non-protectionist tariffs. He endorses eliminating most federal government agencies, terming them unnecessary bureaucracies.

On April 15, 2011, Paul was one of four Republican members of Congress to vote against Rep. Paul Ryan's budget proposal, known as "The Path to Prosperity."[185]

Paul has consistently warned of hyperinflation and called for a return to the gold standard as far back as 1981.[186][187] From 1999 until his retirement, he introduced bills into each Congress seeking to eliminate the Federal Reserve System in a single year,[188][189][190] a position he outlines in his 2009 book End the Fed.

Paul is a strong proponent of free trade, once saying that "free trade is an answer to a lot of conflicts around the world".[191] He rejects membership in the North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA) and the World Trade Organization as "managed trade".[192] He has also advocated for open trade and better relations with the country of Cuba. In addition, Paul argued in 2012 that "as well intentioned as sanctions are, they almost always backfire and hurt the people."[191]

He has described his interest in ending wars and lowering military spending as partly an "economic issue", adding, "We'd save a lot of money by not being engaged [in overseas conflict] like this."[193]

Climate change

As a free-market environmentalist, he asserts private property rights in relation to environmental protection and pollution prevention.[194] He rejects the scientific consensus on climate change and has claimed that global warming is a hoax in a 2009 Fox Business interview.[195]

Healthcare

Paul has stated that "The government shouldn't be in the medical business." He pushes to eliminate federal involvement with and management of health care, which he argues would allow prices to decrease due to the fundamental dynamics of a free market.[196] He also opposes federal government influenza inoculation programs.[197]

Immigration

Paul endorses increased border security and opposes welfare for illegal immigrants, birthright citizenship and amnesty;[198] he voted for the Secure Fence Act of 2006. However, in a 2019 interview, Paul expressed disapproval of President Donald Trump's proposed border wall along the southern US border, saying, "I don't like walls. I don't want to wall people in and wall people out."[199]

Ballots and voting

He is an outspoken proponent of increased ballot access for third-party candidates.[200] He has sought to repeal the National Voter Registration Act of 1993, also known as the Motor Voter law.[201]

Secession

Paul has stated that secession from the United States "is a deeply American principle" and that "If the possibility of secession is completely off the table there is nothing to stop the federal government from continuing to encroach on our liberties and no recourse for those who are sick and tired of it."[202] Paul wrote the remarks in a post on his Congressional website in one of his final public statements as a member of Congress, noting that many petitions had been submitted to the White House calling for secession in the wake of the November 2012 election.[203]

Social issues

 
Paul at the 2007 National Right to Life Committee Convention

Citing the Ninth and Tenth Amendments, Paul advocates states' rights to decide how to regulate social matters not cited directly by the Constitution. He opposes federal regulation of such matters as the death penalty[204] (although he opposes capital punishment),[205] of education,[206] of drugs, and of marriage. Regarding same-sex marriage, he stated in 2011 that "My personal opinion is government shouldn't be involved. The whole country would be better off if individuals made those decisions and it was a private matter."[207] He endorsed revising the military's "don't ask, don't tell" policy to concern mainly disruptive sexual behavior (whether heterosexual or homosexual).[208] His abortion-related legislation, such as the Sanctity of Life Act in 2005, is intended to negate Roe v. Wade and to get "the federal government completely out of the business of regulating state matters."[209] Paul says his years as an obstetrician led him to believe that life begins at conception.[210][211]

Paul was critical of the Civil Rights Act of 1964, arguing that it sanctioned federal interference in the labor market and did not improve race relations. He once remarked: "The Civil Rights Act of 1964 not only violated the Constitution and reduced individual liberty; it also failed to achieve its stated goals of promoting racial harmony and a color-blind society".[212] Paul opposes affirmative action.[213]

Paul opposes the federal War on Drugs,[214] and advocates that states should decide whether to regulate or deregulate drugs such as medical and recreational marijuana, and other substances.[215][216] In 2001, he joined with Democratic Congressman Barney Frank in helping pass the States' Rights to Medical Marijuana Act (H.R. 2592), an attempt to stop the federal government from preempting states' medical marijuana laws.[217]

Paul again partnered with Frank in support of online gambling rights. In 2006, both strongly opposed H.R. 4777, the Internet Gambling Prohibition and Enforcement Act, and H.R. 4411, the Goodlatte-Leach Internet Gambling Prohibition Act.[218][219]

In June 2018, Paul posted a tweet containing a racist cartoon and a caption which invoked the Cultural Marxism conspiracy theory. The tweet read "Are you stunned by what has become of American culture? Well, it's not an accident. You've probably heard of 'Cultural Marxism,' but do you know what it means?". The tweet was later deleted with an apology, stating that a staff member had inadvertently posted what Paul described as an "offensive cartoon".[220][221][222]

In August 2022, Paul expressed support for Republican state governments he described as “fighting back against so-called ‘Woke’ Capitalism.”[223][third-party source needed]

Cryptocurrency

Paul says that he does not have a "final answer" on whether bitcoin will replace the dollar, but says that it should be legal. He attends bitcoin and cryptocurrency conferences because, "I think the world's a disaster, the financial system is coming apart, and the government money is terrible, and people ought to have a right to be able to develop something."[24]

Post-congressional career

 
Paul speaking at a 2022 conference hosted by the Young Americans for Liberty student activism organization

In April 2013, Paul founded the Ron Paul Institute for Peace and Prosperity, a foreign policy think tank that seeks to promote his non-interventionist views.[224] The institute is part of his larger foundation Foundation for Rational Economics and Education. In the same month, he began to offer the Ron Paul Curriculum, a homeschool online curriculum developed by Gary North and taught from a "free market and Christian" perspective.[225]

In June 2013, Paul criticized the NSA surveillance program and praised Edward Snowden for having performed a "great service to the American people by exposing the truth about what our government is doing in secret".[226]

In April 2015, Paul began appearing in infomercials for Stansberry & Associates Investment Research, warning about an upcoming financial meltdown as a result of the imminent crash of the world's currencies.[227][228] In March 2017, Paul predicted a market downturn again.[229]

Paul was a critic of Donald Trump's plans to increase the number of military personnel in Afghanistan. In August 2017, he said that Americans don't see Afghanistan as a threat to their personal security and being aggressive in foreign policy only loses Trump some of his support base.[citation needed][230] Paul has also called for Trump to bring American troops back from Syria in April 2018, on the grounds that the threat from ISIS has been eliminated.[231] He continues to voice his disagreements regarding foreign policy, and more recently, regarding the events involving America and Iran.[232][233]

In 2013, Paul established the Ron Paul Channel, an Internet broadcast. Its slogan was "Turn Off Your TV. Turn On the Truth."[234][235] In 2015, Ron Paul ended all relationships with the Ron Paul Channel in order to start a new Internet program called The Ron Paul Liberty Report,[236] which he co-hosts with Daniel McAdams.

2016 presidential election

Paul endorsed his son, Senator Rand Paul, in the 2016 Republican primary and campaigned for him in Iowa.[237] After his son dropped out, Paul had said that no Republican or Democratic candidate even came close to holding libertarian views.[238] Paul expressed disappointment in former New Mexico Governor Gary Johnson's Libertarian Party nomination for President, and told independent voters that Green Party nominee Jill Stein was a better candidate for those who "lean towards progressivism and liberalism", while emphasizing that he was not endorsing her.[239]

Paul received one electoral vote from a Texas faithless elector, South Texas College political science professor William Greene (who had been pledged to Donald Trump),[240] in the 2016 presidential election,[241][242] making Paul the oldest person ever to receive an electoral vote, and the second Libertarian Party member to receive an electoral vote, after John Hospers in 1972.[243]

2020 presidential election

In the 2020 Democratic primary, Paul described Hawaii Representative Tulsi Gabbard as "the most intelligent" and "the very, very best" option of the Democratic candidates, primarily for her views on foreign policy, adding that "We probably wouldn't agree with too much on economics."[193]

Controversies

Newsletters controversy

Main article: Ron Paul newsletters

Beginning in 1978, for more than two decades Paul and his associates published a number of political and investment-oriented newsletters bearing his name (Dr. Ron Paul's Freedom Report, The Ron Paul Survival Report, the Ron Paul Investment Letter, and the Ron Paul Political Report).[46]

A number of the newsletters, particularly in the period between 1988 and 1994 when Paul was no longer in Congress, contained racist material that proved controversial when he returned to Congress and ran for president. Topics included conspiracy theories, anti-government militia movements, and race wars.[244] During Paul's 1996 congressional election campaign, and his 2008 and 2012 presidential primary campaigns, critics charged that some of the passages reflected racism, anti-Semitism, and homophobia.[25][245][246][247]

In a 1996 interview, Paul did not deny writing the newsletters and defended some of their contents, but specified that he opposes racism.[248][249][250] In March 2001, Paul said he did not write the commentaries, but stopped short of denying authorship in 1996 because his campaign advisers had thought it would be too confusing and that he had to live with the material published under his name.[251][252] Half a dozen libertarian activists, including some still closely associated with Paul, pointed to Lew Rockwell as the primary ghostwriter of the newsletters. Rockwell denied responsibility for the content.[46] In 2011, Paul's spokesperson Jesse Benton said Paul had "taken moral responsibility because they appeared under his name and slipped through under his watch."[253]

COVID-19 pandemic statements

On March 16, 2020, Ron Paul criticized the government, media, and public responses to the nascent COVID-19 pandemic in a column for his website.[254] He dismissed claims of a death rate higher than the flu as "a claim without any scientific basis" and said that the "chief fearmonger of the Trump Administration is without a doubt Anthony Fauci, head of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases at the National Institutes of Health," who Paul claimed was "serving up outright falsehoods to stir up even more panic." He stated, "People should ask themselves whether this coronavirus 'pandemic' could be a big hoax... That is not to say the disease is harmless. Without question people will die from coronavirus. Those in vulnerable categories should take precautions to limit their risk of exposure. But we have seen this move before. Government over-hypes a threat as an excuse to grab more of our freedoms. When the 'threat' is over, however, they never give us our freedoms back."[254]

Personal life

 
Paul at a rally in Erlanger, Kentucky, in October 2010, along with his son, senatorial candidate Rand Paul of Kentucky, and his grandson, William Paul (pictured from right to left)

Paul has been married to Carol (Carolyn) Wells since 1957.[255] They met in 1952 when Wells asked Paul to be her escort to her 16th birthday party.[256][257] They have five children, who were baptized Episcopalian:[15] Ronald, Lori, Randal, Robert, and Joy. Paul's son Randal (Rand) is the junior United States senator from the state of Kentucky. Raised a Lutheran, Paul later became a Baptist.[258] Since 1995, Carol Paul has published the Ron Paul Family Cookbook, a collection of recipes she and her friends contributed, and which was sold in part to support Ron Paul's political campaigns.[259] His life and career is the subject of the 2012 film Ron Paul Uprising.[260]

Paul and his wife currently reside in Lake Jackson, Texas.[261] He enjoys riding a bicycle and exercising every day.[24]

On September 25, 2020, Paul was hospitalized after slurring his words while speaking during a livestream event. Paul later posted a photo of himself in a hospital bed to his Twitter page, along with the statement "I am doing fine. Thank you for your concern".[262]

In April 2021, following Paul's absence from his daily show, the Ron Paul Liberty Report, his co-host Daniel McAdams revealed Paul's daughter, Lori Pyeatt, had recently died.[263]

Media relating to Ron Paul

Books

  • Ron Paul: Father of the Tea Party, by Jason Rink, 2011[264]
  • Ron Paul's rEVOLution: The Man and the Movement He Inspired, by Brian Doherty, 2012[265]

Films

Bibliography

Main article: Ron Paul bibliography
  • Paul, Ron (1981). Gold, Peace, and Prosperity: The Birth of a New Currency (PDF). Lake Jackson, TX: Foundation for Rational Economics and Education. ISBN 978-91-1-041280-4. OCLC 7877384. Retrieved July 30, 2007.
  • Paul, Ron; Lehrman, Lewis; U.S. Gold Commission (September 1982). The Case for Gold: A Minority Report of the U.S. Gold Commission (PDF). Washington, DC: Cato Institute (2d ed. Ludwig von Mises Institute, 2007). ISBN 978-0-932790-31-6. OCLC 8763972. Retrieved July 30, 2007.
  • Paul, Ron (1983). Abortion and Liberty. Lake Jackson, TX: Foundation for Rational Economics and Education. ISBN 978-0-912453-02-6. OCLC 9682249.
  • Paul, Ron (1983). Ten Myths About Paper Money: And One Myth About Paper Gold. Lake Jackson, TX: Foundation for Rational Economics and Education. OCLC 11765863.
  • Paul, Ron (1984). Mises and Austrian Economics: A Personal View (PDF). Auburn, AL: Ludwig von Mises Institute (2d ed. 2004). OCLC 19968524. Retrieved July 30, 2007.
  • Paul, Ron (1987). Freedom Under Siege: The U.S. Constitution After 200 Years. Lake Jackson, TX: Foundation for Rational Economics and Education (2d ed. Ludwig von Mises Institute, 2007). ISBN 978-1-61016-444-3. OCLC 19697005.
  • Paul, Ron (1990). Challenge to Liberty: Coming to Grips with the Abortion Issue. Lake Jackson, TX: Ron Paul Enterprises. OCLC 46960450.
  • Paul, Ron (1991). The Ron Paul Money Book: The Monetary Writings of Congressman Ron Paul. Plantation Publishing.
  • Paul, Ron (2000). . Lake Jackson, TX: Foundation for Rational Economics and Education. OCLC 45414993. Archived from the original on September 4, 2011. Retrieved September 6, 2011.
  • Paul, Ron (2002). The Case for Defending America. Lake Jackson, TX: Foundation for Rational Economics and Education. OCLC 49744552.
  • Paul, Ron (2002). The Ron Paul – Liberty In Media Awards–2001. Jersey City, NJ: Palisade Business Press. ISBN 978-1-893958-84-5.
  • Paul, Ron (2003). The Ron Paul – Liberty In Media Awards – Vol. 2–2002. Jersey City, NJ: Palisade Business Press.
  • Paul, Ron (2004). The Ron Paul – Liberty In Media Awards – Vol. 3–2003. Jersey City, NJ: Palisade Business Press. ISBN 978-1-893958-24-1.
  • Upton, Fred; Paul, Ron (2005). Indecency in the Media: Rating and Restricting Entertainment Content: Should the House Pass H.R. 3717, the Broadcast Decency Enforcement Act?. Washington, DC: Congressional Digest Corp. OCLC 81150568.
  • Rangel, Charles B.; Paul, Ron (2006). Compulsory National Service: 2006–2007 Policy Debate Topic: Should the All-Volunteer Force be Replaced by Universal, Mandatory National Service?. Bethesda, MD: Congressional Digest Corp. OCLC 84912971.
  • Paul, Ron (2007). A Foreign Policy of Freedom: Peace, Commerce, and Honest Friendship. Lake Jackson, TX: Foundation for Rational Economics and Education. ISBN 978-0-912453-00-2. OCLC 145174995.
  • Paul, Ron (2008). Pillars of Prosperity. Auburn, AL: Ludwig von Mises Institute. ISBN 978-1-933550-24-4.
  • Paul, Ron; Haddad, Philip; Marsh, Roger (April 2008). Ron Paul Speaks. Guilford, CN: Lyons Press. ISBN 978-1-59921-448-1. OCLC 199459258.
  • Paul, Ron (2008). The Revolution: A Manifesto. New York: Grand Central Publishing. ISBN 978-0-446-53751-3. OCLC 191881970.
  • Paul, Ron (2009). End the Fed. New York: Grand Central Publishing. ISBN 978-0-446-54919-6. OCLC 318878539.
  • Paul, Ron (2011). Liberty Defined: 50 Essential Issues That Affect Our Freedom. New York: Grand Central Publishing. ISBN 978-1-4555-0145-8.
  • Paul, Ron (2013). The School Revolution: A New Answer for Our Broken Education System. New York: Grand Central Publishing. ISBN 978-1-4555-7717-0. OCLC 828057047.
  • Paul, Ron (2015). Swords Into Plowshares: A Life in Wartime and a Future of Peace and Prosperity. Ron Paul Institute for Peace and Prosperity. ISBN 978-0-9964265-0-3.
  • Paul, Ron (2017). The Revolution at Ten Years. Ron Paul Institute for Peace and Prosperity. ISBN 978-0-9964265-5-8.

Other contributions

  • Belloc, Hilaire; Chesterton, Cecil (2007) [1911]. The Party System. Paul, Ron (foreword). Norfolk, VA: IHS Press. ISBN 978-1-932528-11-4. OCLC 173299105.
  • Fortman, Erik; Lavello, Randy (2004). Webs Of Power: Government Agencies, Secret Societies, & Elite Legacies. Paul, Ron (interview). Austin, Texas: Van Cleave Publishing. ISBN 978-0-9759670-0-3. OCLC 61026033.
  • Haugen, David M.; Musser, Susan (2007). Human Embryo Experimentation. Paul, Ron (Chapter 9: No form of stem cell research should be federally funded). Detroit, MI: Greenhaven Press. ISBN 978-0-7377-3243-6. OCLC 84152907.
  • Haugen, David M., ed. (2007). National Security. Paul, Ron (Chapter 1–7: The federal debt is a threat to national security). Detroit, MI: Greenhaven Press. ISBN 978-0-7377-3761-5. OCLC 144227284.
  • Archived at Ghostarchive and the : Jaeger, James; Baehr, Theodore; Griffin, G. Edward; Paul, Ron; Vieira, Edwin (2007). Fiat Empire: Why the Federal Reserve Violates the U.S. Constitution (DVD). Beverly Hills, CA: Cornerstone-Matrixx Entertainment. OCLC 192133806.
  • Minns, Michael Louis (2001). How to Survive the IRS. Paul, Ron (foreword). Fort Lee, NJ: Barricade Books. ISBN 978-1-56980-170-3. OCLC 44860846.
  • Paul, Ron; Hayashi, Terry; Pardo, Victoriano & Fisher, Edwin (August 1, 1969). "Evaluation of Renal Biopsy in Pregnancy Toxemia". Obstetrics and Gynecology. American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists. 34 (2): 235–241. PMID 5798269.
  • Paul, Ron (1999). "Being Pro-Life is Necessary to Defend Liberty". International Journal of Sociology and Social Policy. MCB University Press, Ltd. 19 (3–4): 11. doi:10.1108/01443339910788712. ISSN 0144-333X. OCLC 89482648 – via Emerald Group Publishing.
  • Paul, Ron; Bartlett, Roscoe et al. (2001). The United Nations & the New World Order (Videotape). Brunswick, OH: American Portrait Films, Inc. ISBN 978-1-57341-132-5. OCLC 56793278.
  • Pearl, Sandy; Beutel, Bill; Alis, Bob; Weingold, Dave; Paul, Ron; Bartsch, Ed (1980). Born Again (Videotape). Athens, GA: University of Georgia Instructional Resources Center. OCLC 7407395.
  • Skousen, Mark; Weber, Chris; Ketcher, Michael (1987). The Closing Door: The End of Financial Privacy in America and How to Protect Yourself. Paul, Ron (introduction). Bethel, CN: Institute for the Preservation of Wealth (worldcat.org/oclc/35396237 2d ed. 1988). ISBN 978-0-938689-03-4. OCLC 17209571.
  • Vieira, Edwin Jr. (1983). Pieces of Eight. Paul, Ron (foreword). Fort Lee, NJ: Sound Dollar Committee. ISBN 978-0-8159-6226-7. OCLC 9919612.
  • von NotHaus, Bernard, ed. (September 1, 2003). The Liberty Dollar Solution to the Federal Reserve. Paul, Ron (Chapter 21: Abolish the Fed). Evansville, IN: American Financial Press. ISBN 978-0-9671025-2-8.

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from Texas's 22nd congressional district
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Preceded by Member of the U.S. House of Representatives
from Texas's 22nd congressional district
1979–1985 		Succeeded by
Preceded by Member of the U.S. House of Representatives
from Texas's 14th congressional district
1997–2013 		Succeeded by
Party political offices
Preceded by Libertarian nominee for President of the United States
1988 		Succeeded by
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February 15, 2024
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This article is about the former U S Representative from Texas For his son see Rand Paul Ronald Ernest Paul born August 20 1935 is an American author activist physician and retired politician who served as the U S representative for Texas s 22nd congressional district from 1976 to 1977 and again from 1979 to 1985 as well as for Texas s 14th congressional district from 1997 to 2013 On three occasions he sought the presidency of the United States as the Libertarian Party nominee in 1988 and as a candidate for the Republican Party in 2008 and 2012 Ron PaulPaul in 2023Member of theU S House of Representativesfrom TexasIn office January 3 1997 January 3 2013Preceded byGreg LaughlinSucceeded byRandy WeberConstituency14th districtIn office January 3 1979 January 3 1985Preceded byRobert GammageSucceeded byTom DeLayConstituency22nd districtIn office April 3 1976 January 3 1977Preceded byRobert R CaseySucceeded byRobert GammageConstituency22nd districtPersonal detailsBornRonald Ernest Paul 1935 08 20 August 20 1935 age 88 Pittsburgh Pennsylvania U S Political partyLibertarian 1987 1996 2015 present 1 Other politicalaffiliationsRepublican before 1987 1996 2015 SpouseCarolyn Wells m 1957 wbr Children5 including RandEducationGettysburg College BS Duke University MD OccupationPoliticianphysicianauthorSignatureWebsiteOfficial websiteMilitary serviceAllegiance United StatesBranch service United States Air ForceYears of service1963 19651965 1968RankCaptain 2 UnitAir National Guard Texas Air National GuardRon Paul s voice source source Paul gives a speech criticizing the country s interventionist foreign policyRecorded October 17 2003A self described constitutionalist Paul is a critic of several of the federal government s policies especially the existence of the Federal Reserve and tax policy as well as the military industrial complex the war on drugs and the war on terror He has also been a vocal critic of mass surveillance policies such as the USA PATRIOT Act and the NSA surveillance programs In 1976 Paul formed the Foundation for Rational Economics and Education FREE and in 1985 was named the first chairman of the conservative PAC Citizens for a Sound Economy both free market groups focused on limited government 3 He has been characterized as the intellectual godfather of the Tea Party movement a fiscally conservative political movement started in 2007 and popularized in 2009 that is largely against most matters of interventionism 4 5 Paul served as a flight surgeon in the U S Air Force from 1963 to 1968 and worked as an obstetrician gynecologist from the 1960s to the 1980s 6 He became the first Representative in history to serve concurrently with a child in the Senate when his son Rand Paul became United States Senator from Kentucky in 2011 7 Ron Paul is a Senior Fellow and Distinguished Counselor of the Mises Institute 8 and has published a number of books and promoted the ideas of economists of the Austrian School such as Murray Rothbard Friedrich Hayek and Ludwig von Mises during his political campaigns He has cited President Grover Cleveland as a preferred model of governance 9 After the popularity and grassroots enthusiasm of his 2008 presidential bid Paul announced in July 2011 that he would not seek reelection to Congress in order to focus on his 2012 bid for the presidency 10 Finishing in the top four with delegates in both races while winning four states in the 2012 primaries he refused to endorse the Republican nominations of John McCain and Mitt Romney during their respective 2008 and 2012 campaigns against Barack Obama In May 2012 Paul announced that he would not be competing in any other presidential primaries but that he would still compete for delegates in states where the primary elections had already been held 11 At both the 2008 and 2012 Republican National Conventions Paul received the second highest number of delegates behind only McCain and Romney respectively In January 2013 Paul retired from Congress but remained active on college campuses giving speeches promoting libertarian and libertarian conservative ideas 12 13 He also continues to provide political commentary through The Ron Paul Liberty Report a web show he co hosts on YouTube At 81 and despite not running Paul received one electoral vote from a Texas faithless elector in the 2016 presidential election making him the oldest person to receive an Electoral College vote as well as the second registered Libertarian presidential candidate in history to receive an electoral vote after John Hospers in 1972 Contents 1 Early life education and medical career 2 Early congressional career 1976 1985 2 1 Elections 2 2 Tenure 3 Libertarian Party and ventures 3 1 1985 1997 3 2 1988 presidential campaign 4 Later congressional career 1997 2013 4 1 Elections 4 2 Tenure 4 3 Committee assignments 5 2008 presidential campaign 5 1 2008 Republican primary campaign 5 2 Endorsement after ending campaign 6 2012 presidential campaign 6 1 2012 Republican primary campaign 6 1 1 Iowa 6 1 2 South Carolina Florida Nevada 6 1 3 Irregularities 6 2 Republican National convention 6 3 Endorsement after ending campaign 7 Political party identification 8 Political positions 8 1 Foreign policy 8 2 Domestic issues 8 3 Economic issues 8 4 Climate change 8 5 Healthcare 8 6 Immigration 8 7 Ballots and voting 8 8 Secession 8 9 Social issues 8 10 Cryptocurrency 9 Post congressional career 9 1 2016 presidential election 9 2 2020 presidential election 10 Controversies 10 1 Newsletters controversy 10 2 COVID 19 pandemic statements 11 Personal life 12 Media relating to Ron Paul 12 1 Books 12 2 Films 13 Bibliography 13 1 Other contributions 14 See also 15 References 16 External linksEarly life education and medical careerRonald Ernest Paul was born on August 20 1935 in Pittsburgh 14 the son of Howard Caspar Paul 1904 1997 who ran a small dairy company and Margaret Paul nee Dumont 1908 2001 His paternal grandfather emigrated from Germany 15 and his paternal grandmother a devout Christian was a first generation German American 16 He has four brothers 17 As a junior at suburban Dormont High School he was the 200 meter dash state champion 18 Paul went to Gettysburg College where he was a member of the Lambda Chi Alpha fraternity 19 He graduated with a B S degree in Biology in 1957 18 Paul earned a Doctor of Medicine degree from Duke University s School of Medicine in 1961 and completed his medical internship at the Henry Ford Hospital in Detroit and his residency in obstetrics and gynecology at Magee Womens Hospital in Pittsburgh 20 21 Paul served as a flight surgeon in the United States Air Force from 1963 to 1965 and then in the United States Air National Guard from 1965 to 1968 Paul and his wife then relocated to Texas where he began a private practice in obstetrics and gynecology 21 One child that he helped deliver was famous Tejano singer Selena Quintanilla 22 Early congressional career 1976 1985 While a medical resident in the 1960s Paul was influenced by Friedrich Hayek s The Road to Serfdom which caused him to read other publications by Ludwig von Mises and Ayn Rand He came to know economists Hans Sennholz and Murray Rothbard well and credits his interest in the study of economics to them 23 24 When President Richard Nixon closed the gold window by ending American participation in the Bretton Woods System thus ending the U S dollar s loose association with gold 23 on August 15 1971 Paul decided to enter politics 25 and became a Republican candidate for the United States Congress 26 Elections In 1974 incumbent Robert R Casey defeated him for the 22nd district 21 President Gerald Ford later appointed Casey to the Federal Maritime Commission and Paul won an April 1976 special election to the vacant office after a runoff 27 28 29 Paul lost the next regular election to Democrat Robert Gammage by fewer than 300 votes 0 2 but defeated Gammage in a 1978 rematch and was reelected in 1980 and 1982 30 31 32 Gammage underestimated Paul s popularity among local mothers I had real difficulty down in Brazoria County where he practiced because he d delivered half the babies in the county There were only two obstetricians in the county and the other one was his partner 33 Tenure nbsp Paul in 1979Paul served in Congress three different periods first from 1976 to 1977 after he won a special election then from 1979 to 1985 and finally from 1997 to 2013 34 In his early years Paul served on the House Banking Committee where he blamed the Federal Reserve for inflation and spoke against the banking mismanagement that resulted in the savings and loan crisis 15 35 Paul argued for a return to the gold standard maintained by the U S from 1873 to 1933 and with Senator Jesse Helms convinced the Congress to study the issue 23 He spoke against the reinstatement of registration for the military draft in 1980 in opposition to President Jimmy Carter and the majority of his fellow Republican members of Congress 36 During his first term Paul founded the Foundation for Rational Economics and Education FREE a non profit think tank dedicated to promoting principles of limited government and free market economics 37 38 In 1984 Paul became the first chairman of the Citizens for a Sound Economy CSE 3 a conservative political group founded by Charles and David Koch to fight for less government lower taxes and less regulation CSE started a Tea Party protest against high taxes in 2002 39 In 2004 Citizens for a Sound Economy split into two new organizations with Citizens for a Sound Economy being renamed as FreedomWorks and Citizens for a Sound Economy Foundation becoming Americans for Prosperity The two organizations would become key players in the Tea Party movement from 2009 onward Paul proposed term limit legislation multiple times while himself serving four terms in the House of Representatives 36 In 1984 he decided to retire from the House in order to run for the U S Senate complaining in his House farewell address that Special interests have replaced the concern that the Founders had for general welfare It s difficult for one who loves true liberty and utterly detests the power of the state to come to Washington for a period of time and not leave a true cynic 40 41 Paul lost the Republican primary to Phil Gramm who had switched parties the previous year from Democrat to Republican Another candidate of the senatorial primary was Henry Grover a conservative former state legislator who had lost the 1972 gubernatorial general election to Democrat Dolph Briscoe Jr 42 43 On Paul s departure from the House his seat was assumed by former state representative Tom DeLay who would later become House Majority Leader 44 Libertarian Party and ventures1985 1997 Following the loss of the 1984 senate race Paul returned to his obstetrics practice and took part in a number of other business ventures 15 45 Along with his former congressional chief of staff Lew Rockwell Paul founded a for profit enterprise Ron Paul amp Associates Inc RP amp A in 1984 with Paul serving as president Rockwell as vice president Paul s wife Carol as secretary and daughter Lori Pyeatt as treasurer The company published a variety of political and investment oriented newsletters including Ron Paul Freedom Report and Ron Paul Survival Report 46 and by 1993 was generating revenues in excess of 900 000 47 Paul also co owned a mail order coin dealership Ron Paul Coins for twelve years with Burt Blumert who continued to operate the dealership after Paul resumed office in 1996 48 49 Paul spoke multiple times at the American Numismatic Association s 1988 convention 48 He worked with his Foundation for Rational Economics and Education on such projects as establishing the National Endowment for Liberty producing the At Issue public policy series that was broadcast on the Discovery Channel and CNBC 37 and continuing publication of newsletters 1988 presidential campaign Main article Ron Paul 1988 presidential campaign Paul left the Republican Party in 1987 and launched a bid for the presidency running on the Libertarian Party ticket His candidacy was seen as problematic because of the party s long support for freedom of choice on abortions Native American activist Russell Means Paul s rival for the nomination emphasized that he was in favor of abortion rights 50 In a forum held prior to the nomination Means dismissed the greater funds raised by Paul s campaign commenting that Means was receiving 10 times more press than the former Congressman and was therefore 100 times more effective 51 On September 25 1988 American psychologist and psychedelic advocate Timothy Leary held a fundraiser for Paul who attended the event 52 53 54 Journalist Debra Saunders attended and wrote about her experience 55 In the 1988 presidential election Paul was on the ballot in 46 states 56 scoring third in the popular vote with 432 179 votes 0 5 57 Paul was kept off the ballot in Missouri due to what the St Louis Post Dispatch termed a technicality and received votes there only when written in 58 just as he did in North Carolina 59 According to Paul his presidential campaign was about more than obtaining office he sought to promote his libertarian ideas often to school and university groups regardless of vote eligibility He said We re just as interested in the future generation as this election These kids will vote eventually and maybe just maybe they ll go home and talk to their parents 56 Paul considered campaigning for president in 1992 60 but instead chose to endorse Pat Buchanan that year and served as an adviser to Buchanan s Republican presidential primary campaign against incumbent President George H W Bush 61 Later congressional career 1997 2013 nbsp An earlier congressional portrait of Paul c 1997 nbsp Paul in his Congressional office September 1999Elections Further information Texas s 14th congressional district 1996 campaignDuring 1996 Paul was re elected to Congress after a difficult campaign The Republican National Committee endorsed incumbent Greg Laughlin in the primary Paul won with assistance from baseball pitcher constituent and friend Nolan Ryan tax activist and publisher Steve Forbes 15 and conservative commentator Pat Buchanan the latter two of whom had run in the 1996 Republican Party presidential primaries Paul narrowly defeated Democratic attorney Charles Lefty Morris in the fall election despite Morris criticism over controversial statements in several newsletters that Paul published 1998 2013In 1998 and 2000 Paul defeated Loy Sneary a Democratic Bay City Texas rice farmer and former Matagorda County judge 25 In the 2008 Republican primary 62 he defeated Friendswood city councilman Chris Peden 63 with over 70 percent of the vote 64 and ran unopposed in the general election 65 In the 2010 Republican primary Paul defeated three opponents with 80 percent of the vote 66 On July 12 2011 Paul announced that he would not seek re election to the House in order to pursue the 2012 presidential election 67 68 Tenure LegislationMain article List of legislation sponsored by Ron Paul Of the 620 bills that Paul had sponsored through December 2011 over a period of more than 22 years in Congress only one had been signed into law a lifetime success rate of less than 0 3 69 The sole measure authored by Paul that was ultimately enacted allowed for a federal customhouse to be sold to a local historic preservation society H R 2121 in 2009 69 nbsp 2007 congressional portraitBy amending other legislation he helped prohibit funding for national identification numbers funding for federal teacher certification 25 International Criminal Court jurisdiction over the U S military American participation with any U N global tax and surveillance of peaceful First Amendment activities by citizens 70 In November 1997 Paul was one of eighteen Republicans in the House to co sponsor a resolution by Bob Barr that sought to launch an impeachment inquiry against President Bill Clinton 71 72 The resolution did not specify any charges or allegations 72 This was an early effort to impeach Clinton predating the eruption of the Clinton Lewinsky scandal The eruption of that scandal would ultimately lead to a more serious effort to impeach Clinton in 1998 73 On October 8 1998 Paul voted in favor of legislation that was passed to open an impeachment inquiry 74 On December 19 1998 Paul voted in favor of all four proposed articles of impeachment against Clinton only two of which received the needed majority of votes to be adopted 75 76 77 78 Two days prior on December 16 Paul had stated that he would vote to impeach based on Clinton s military attacks in the Middle East namely the 1998 bombing of Iraq and Operation Infinite Reach and not necessarily the Lewinsky scandal which he described as far less serious than the unconstitutionality of presidents waging wars 79 AffiliationsPaul was honorary chairman of and is a member of the Republican Liberty Caucus a political action committee that describes its goal as electing liberty minded limited government individuals 80 He is an initiating member of the Congressional Rural Caucus which deals with agricultural and rural issues and the 140 member Congressional Wildlife Refuge Caucus 81 Committee assignments Paul served on the following committees and subcommittees 82 Committee on Financial Services Subcommittee on Domestic Monetary Policy and Technology Chairman Subcommittee on International Monetary Policy and Trade Committee on Foreign Affairs Subcommittee on Oversight and InvestigationsWith the election of the 112th Congress and a resulting GOP majority in the House Paul became the chairman of the Subcommittee on Domestic Monetary Policy and Technology starting in January 2011 83 Paul s congressional career ended on January 3 2013 with the swearing in of the 113th Congress 2008 presidential campaignMain article Ron Paul 2008 presidential campaign See also 2008 Republican Party presidential primaries 2008 Republican primary campaign nbsp Paul campaigning for president in Manchester New Hampshire June 2007 nbsp Supporters outside of the Fox News debate in September 2007Paul formally declared his candidacy for the 2008 Republican nomination on March 12 2007 on C SPAN 84 Few major politicians endorsed him and his campaign was largely ignored by traditional media 85 However he attracted an intensely loyal grassroots following 86 interacting through internet social media 87 88 89 In May 2007 shortly after the first televised primary debates the blogs search engine site Technorati com listed Paul s name as the term most frequently searched for 87 and Paul s campaign claimed that Paul had more YouTube channel subscribers than Barack Obama or any other candidate for president 90 Paul fundraised more money than any other Republican candidate in the fourth quarter of 2007 as the primary season headed into the Iowa caucuses 91 92 Despite benefiting from campaign contributions from individual donors 93 and the supporters determined to keep his name a frequent topic of discussion on the internet 87 over the course of the campaign Paul was unable to translate the enthusiasm of his core supporters into large enough numbers of actual primary votes to unseat his rivals Paul came in 5th place in both the January 4 Iowa caucuses 10 of votes cast 94 and the January 8 New Hampshire primary 8 95 With the exception of the Nevada caucuses January 19 where he came in 2nd 14 behind Mitt Romney 51 he did little better through the rest of January Michigan 4th 6 South Carolina 5th 4 Florida 5th 3 On Super Tuesday February 5 he placed 4th in almost every state generally taking in a mere 3 6 of the votes although he did better in the northern states of North Dakota 21 3rd place and Montana 25 2nd place 96 97 By March front runner John McCain had secured enough pledged delegates to guarantee that he would win the nomination and Romney and Mike Huckabee had both formally withdrawn from the race Paul who had won no state primaries knew that it was now impossible for him to win the nomination as he had captured only 20 98 40 pledged delegates compared to more than 1 191 for McCain yet he refused to concede the race and said that it was unlikely that he would ultimately endorse McCain 99 100 101 Over the next few weeks Paul s supporters clashed with establishment Republicans at several county and state party conventions over state party rules the party platforms and selection of delegates for the national convention 102 103 104 In one instance Nevada s state party leaders in response to Paul s supporters at the state nominating convention resorted to prematurely shutting down the convention before selecting national delegates with a plan to reconvene at a later date 105 106 On June 12 2008 Paul withdrew his bid for the Republican nomination He later said that one of the reasons he did not run in the general election as a third party candidate after losing the primaries was that as a concession to gain ballot access in certain states he had signed legally binding agreements to not run a third party campaign if he lost the primary 107 Some of the 4 million remaining campaign contributions was invested into the political action and advocacy group called Ron Paul s Campaign for Liberty 108 Endorsement after ending campaign nbsp Paul s Rally for the Republic held in Minneapolis Minnesota on September 2 2008At a September 10 2008 press conference Paul announced his general support of four third party candidates Cynthia McKinney Green Party Bob Barr Libertarian Party Chuck Baldwin Constitution Party and Ralph Nader independent He said that each of them had pledged to adhere to a policy of balancing budgets bringing the troops home defending privacy and personal liberties and investigating the Federal Reserve Paul also said that under no circumstances would he be endorsing either of the two main parties candidates McCain Republican Party or Obama Democratic Party because there were no real differences between them and because neither of them if elected would seek to make the fundamental changes in governance that were necessary He urged instead that rather than contribute to the charade that the two party election system had become the voters support the third party candidates as a protest vote to force change in the election process 109 110 Later that same day Paul gave a televised interview with Nader saying much the same again 111 Two weeks later shocked and disappointed that Bob Barr the Libertarian nominee had pulled out of attending the press conference at the last minute and had admonished Paul for remaining neutral and failing to say which specific candidate Paul would vote for in the general election Paul released a statement saying that he had decided to endorse Chuck Baldwin the Constitution Party candidate for president 112 Paul withdrew from active campaigning in the last weeks of the primary election period He received 42 426 votes or 0 03 of the total cast in the general election 113 2012 presidential campaignMain article Ron Paul 2012 presidential campaign See also 2012 Republican Party presidential primaries 2012 Republican primary campaign nbsp Paul speaking at a rally at Lindenwood University in St Charles Missouri March 2012Paul won several early straw polls for the 2012 Republican presidential nomination 114 and formed an official exploratory committee in late April 2011 115 116 He participated in the first Republican presidential debate on May 5 2011 117 and on May 13 2011 formally announced his candidacy in an interview on ABC s Good Morning America 118 He placed second in the 2011 Ames Straw Poll missing first by 0 9 119 Paul indicated in a June 2011 interview that if nominated he would consider former New Jersey Superior Court judge Andrew Napolitano as his running mate 120 In December 2011 with Paul s increased support the controversy over racist and homophobic statements in several Ron Paul newsletters in the 1980s and early 1990s once again gained media attention 121 During this time Paul supporters asserted that he was continually ignored by the media despite his significant support citing examples of where television news shows would fail to mention Paul in discussions of the Republican presidential hopefuls even when he was polling second 122 123 124 Iowa Ron Paul s presidential campaign managers Jesse Benton John Tate and Demetri Kesari were all found guilty of paying former Iowa State Senator Kent Sorenson 73 000 to switch his support from Rep Michele Bachmann to Paul 125 In court papers filed in August 2014 Sorenson said that he had been paid by both presidential campaigns for his endorsement and pled guilty to criminal charges stemming from the incident 126 Paul came in third in the Iowa Republican Caucus held on January 3 2012 Out of a turnout of 121 503 votes Paul took 26 036 21 of the certified votes Rick Santorum and Mitt Romney finished in a virtual tie for first place with 25 each 127 although Ron Paul had ultimately won 128 Iowa at the Republican National Convention gathering 22 delegates to Mitt Romney s 5 In the New Hampshire primary held on January 10 2012 Paul received 23 of the votes and came in second after Romney s 39 129 South Carolina Florida Nevada nbsp Sign in support of Paul in Ann Arbor Michigan on the day of the 2012 Michigan primaryPaul s results then declined despite the withdrawal of candidates Michele Bachmann Jon Huntsman and Rick Perry He had fourth place finishes in the next two primaries on January 21 in South Carolina with 13 of the vote 130 and on January 31 in Florida where he received 7 of the vote 131 132 133 On February 4 Paul finished third in Nevada with 18 8 of the vote 134 Three non binding primaries were held on February 7 Paul took 3rd place in Colorado 135 and Missouri 136 with 13 and 12 of the vote respectively He fared better in Minnesota 137 with 27 finishing second to Rick Santorum On May 14 Paul s campaign announced that due to lack of funds though despite financial backing from financiers Peter Thiel and Mark Spitznagel 138 he would no longer actively campaign for votes in the 11 remaining primary states including Texas and California that had not yet voted 11 139 He would however continue to seek to win delegates for the national party convention in the states that had already voted Irregularities In June a group of 132 supporters of Paul demanding the freedom as delegates to the upcoming Republican party national convention to cast votes for Paul filed a lawsuit in U S District Court against the Republican National Committee and 55 state and territorial Republican party organizations for allegedly coercing delegates to choose Mitt Romney as the party s presidential nominee 140 The suit alleged that there had been a systematic campaign of election fraud at state conventions employing rigging of voting machines ballot stuffing and falsification of ballot totals The suit further pointed to incidents at state conventions including acts of violence and changes in procedural rules allegedly intended to deny participation of Paul supporters in the party decision making and to prevent votes from being cast for Paul An attorney representing the complainants said that Paul campaign advisor Doug Wead had voiced support for the legal action 140 Paul himself told CNN that although the lawsuit was not a part of his campaign s strategy and that he had not been advising his supporters to sue he was not going to tell his supporters not to sue if they had a legitimate argument If they re not following the rules you have a right to stand up for the rules I think for the most part these winning caucuses that we ve been involved in we have followed the rules And the other side has at times not followed the rules 141 Republican National convention Paul declined to speak at the Republican National Convention as a matter of principle saying that the convention planners had demanded that his remarks be vetted by the Romney campaign and that he make an unqualified endorsement of Romney 142 Paul had felt that It wouldn t be my speech That would undo everything I ve done in the last 30 years I don t fully endorse him for president 142 Many of Paul s supporters and delegates walked out of the convention in protest over rules adopted by the convention that reduced their delegate count and that would make it harder for non establishment candidates to win the party s nomination in future elections 143 Supporters and media commentators had noted that the delegations from states where Paul had had the most support were given the worst seats in the convention hall while delegations from regions with no electoral votes such as the Northern Mariana Islands American Samoa and Puerto Rico were given prime seats at the front 144 145 Endorsement after ending campaign As in 2008 in 2012 Paul ultimately refused to endorse the ticket selected by the Republican Party He said that there was no essential difference between Romney and his Democratic opponent President Obama on the most critical policies I ve been in this business a long time and believe me there is essentially no difference from one administration to another no matter what the platforms The foreign policy stays the same the monetary policy stays the same there s no proposal for any real cuts and both parties support it 146 Paul received 26 204 write in votes or 0 02 of the total cast in the election 147 Political party identificationThroughout his entire tenure in Congress Paul has represented his district as a member of the Republican Party However he has frequently taken positions in direct opposition to the other members and the leadership of the party and he has sometimes publicly questioned whether he really belonged in the party Paul voted for Dwight D Eisenhower for president in 1956 when he was 21 years old 148 He had been a lifelong supporter of the Republican Party by the time he entered politics in the mid 1970s 148 He was one of the first elected officials in the nation to support Ronald Reagan s presidential campaign 149 and he actively campaigned for Reagan in 1976 and 1980 150 After Reagan s election in 1980 Paul quickly became disillusioned with the Reagan administration s policies He later recalled being the only Republican to vote against Reagan budget proposals in 1981 151 152 aghast that in 1977 Jimmy Carter proposed a budget with a 38 billion deficit and every Republican in the House voted against it In 1981 Reagan proposed a budget with a 45 billion deficit which turned out to be 113 billion and Republicans were cheering his great victory They were living in a storybook land 149 He expressed his disgust with the political culture of both major parties in a speech delivered in 1984 upon resigning from the House of Representatives to prepare for a failed run for the Senate and he eventually apologized to his libertarian friends for having supported Reagan 151 nbsp Wikisource has original text related to this article Ron Paul s 1987 Resignation Letter to the RNC By 1987 Paul was ready to sever all ties to the Republican Party as he explained in a blistering resignation letter Since 1981 Ronald Reagan and the Republican Party have given us skyrocketing deficits and astoundingly a doubled national debt How is it that the party of balanced budgets with control of the White House and Senate accumulated red ink greater than all previous administrations put together There is no credibility left for the Republican Party as a force to reduce the size of government That is the message of the Reagan years 148 150 A month later he announced he would seek the 1988 Libertarian Party nomination for president During the 1988 campaign Paul called Reagan a dramatic failure 150 and complained that Reagan s record is disgraceful He starts wars breaks the law supplies terrorists with guns made at taxpayers expense and lies about it to the American people 153 Paul predicted that the Republicans are on their way out as a major party 151 and he said that although registered as a Republican he had always been a libertarian at heart 151 152 Paul returned to his private medical practice and managing several business ventures after losing the 1988 election but by 1996 he was ready to return to politics this time running on the Republican Party ticket again He said that he had never read the entire Libertarian platform when he ran for president as a Libertarian in 1988 and that I worked for the Libertarians on my terms not theirs 154 He added that in terms of a political label he preferred to call himself a constitutionalist In Congress I took an oath to uphold the Constitution not the Republican platform 154 When he lost the Republican Party presidential primary election in 2008 Paul criticized the two major political parties saying that there was no real difference between the parties and that neither of them truly intended to challenge the status quo He refused to endorse the Republican Party s nominee for president John McCain and lent his support to third party candidates instead 155 156 In the 2012 presidential campaign during which he acknowledged it was unlikely that he would win the Republican Party nomination 157 Paul again asserted that he was participating in the Republican Party on his own terms trying to persuade the rest of the party to move toward his positions rather than joining in with theirs 158 He expressed doubt that he would support any of his rivals should they win the nomination warning that If the policies of the Republican Party are the same as the Democrat Party and they don t want to change anything on foreign policy they don t want to cut anything they don t want to audit the Fed and find out about monetary policy they don t want to have actual change in government that is a problem for me 159 On that same theme he said in another interview I would be reluctant to jump on board and tell all of the supporters that have given me trust and money that all of a sudden I d say all we ve done is for naught So let s support anybody at all even if they disagree with everything that we do 160 Political positionsMain article Political positions of Ron Paul Paul has been described as conservative and libertarian 15 According to University of Georgia political scientist Keith Poole Paul had the most conservative voting record of any member of Congress from 1937 to 2002 161 162 and is the most conservative of the candidates that had sought the 2012 Republican nomination for president 163 Other analyses have judged Paul much more moderate The National Journal for instance rated Paul only the 145th most conservative member of the House of Representatives out of 435 based on votes cast in 2010 164 165 The National Journal s analysis gave Paul a 2011 composite ideological rating of 54 liberal and 46 conservative 166 Paul says that he does not use the term conservative to describe himself very often and does not consider himself politically conservative at all 24 The foundation of Paul s political philosophy is the conviction that the proper role for government in America is to provide national defense a court system for civil disputes a criminal justice system for acts of force and fraud and little else 167 He has been nicknamed Dr No reflecting both his medical degree and his insistence that he will never vote for legislation unless the proposed measure is expressly authorized by the Constitution 25 35 In 2008 Paul spoke at the John Birch Society s 50th anniversary celebration 168 169 Foreign policy An anti war activist Paul promotes a noninterventionist foreign policy and an end to American imperialism 170 He advocates withdrawal from the United Nations and from the North Atlantic Treaty Organization for reasons of maintaining strong national sovereignty 171 He voted for the Authorization for Use of Military Force Against Terrorists in response to the September 11 attacks but suggested war alternatives such as authorizing the president to grant Letters of Marque and Reprisal targeting specific terrorists in lieu of launching an Afghanistan invasion Paul acknowledged his vote for the authorization of force was a difficult one 24 An opponent of the Iraq War as well and potential war with Iran he has criticized neoconservatism and U S foreign policy in the Middle East arguing that both inadvertently cause terrorist reprisals against Americans such as the 9 11 attacks Paul has stated that Israel is our close friend and that it is not the place of the United States to dictate how Israel runs her affairs Paul a critic of the US s implementation of most foreign aid said in 2011 that it was our foreign aid that helped Mubarak retain power to repress his people in the first place 172 Following the Orange Revolution protests in 2004 which led to Viktor Yanukovych s ouster from government Paul accused the National Endowment for Democracy of having staged a coup in Ukraine 173 174 Paul supported the 2014 Crimean status referendum 175 for which he has been called a friend of Putin 176 and has objected to sanctions during the Russo Ukrainian War and foreign aid to Ukraine 177 Domestic issues Paul endorses constitutional rights such as the right to keep and bear arms and habeas corpus for political detainees He was one of only three Republicans in the House to vote against the Patriot Act Paul opposes federal use of torture presidential autonomy a national identification card warrantless domestic surveillance and the draft He has also called for shutting down the TSA and moving matters of airline security to private businesses 178 Paul believes that the notion of the separation of church and state is currently misused by the court system In case after case the Supreme Court has used the infamous separation of church and state metaphor to uphold court decisions that allow the federal government to intrude upon and deprive citizens of their religious liberty 179 Sometime within the same month but much after the event of authorities executing a lock down in sequence to the April 2013 Boston Marathon bombing Paul commented on the tactics used by governing forces into a harsh criticism that he has written as a military style occupation of an American city 13 Economic issues nbsp Paul speaking at the 2011 Liberty Political Action Conference LPAC Paul is a proponent of Austrian School economics he has authored six books on the subject and displayed pictures of Austrian School economists Friedrich Hayek Murray Rothbard and Ludwig von Mises as well as of President Grover Cleveland and Chicago School economist Milton Friedman 180 on his office wall He regularly voted against almost all proposals for new government spending initiatives or taxes 181 he cast two thirds of all the lone negative votes in the House during a 1995 1997 period 25 He pledged never to raise taxes 182 and states he has never voted to approve a budget deficit Paul believes that the country could abolish the individual income tax by scaling back federal spending to its fiscal year 2000 levels 183 184 financing government operations would be primarily by excise taxes and non protectionist tariffs He endorses eliminating most federal government agencies terming them unnecessary bureaucracies On April 15 2011 Paul was one of four Republican members of Congress to vote against Rep Paul Ryan s budget proposal known as The Path to Prosperity 185 Paul has consistently warned of hyperinflation and called for a return to the gold standard as far back as 1981 186 187 From 1999 until his retirement he introduced bills into each Congress seeking to eliminate the Federal Reserve System in a single year 188 189 190 a position he outlines in his 2009 book End the Fed Paul is a strong proponent of free trade once saying that free trade is an answer to a lot of conflicts around the world 191 He rejects membership in the North American Free Trade Agreement NAFTA and the World Trade Organization as managed trade 192 He has also advocated for open trade and better relations with the country of Cuba In addition Paul argued in 2012 that as well intentioned as sanctions are they almost always backfire and hurt the people 191 He has described his interest in ending wars and lowering military spending as partly an economic issue adding We d save a lot of money by not being engaged in overseas conflict like this 193 Climate change As a free market environmentalist he asserts private property rights in relation to environmental protection and pollution prevention 194 He rejects the scientific consensus on climate change and has claimed that global warming is a hoax in a 2009 Fox Business interview 195 Healthcare Paul has stated that The government shouldn t be in the medical business He pushes to eliminate federal involvement with and management of health care which he argues would allow prices to decrease due to the fundamental dynamics of a free market 196 He also opposes federal government influenza inoculation programs 197 Immigration Paul endorses increased border security and opposes welfare for illegal immigrants birthright citizenship and amnesty 198 he voted for the Secure Fence Act of 2006 However in a 2019 interview Paul expressed disapproval of President Donald Trump s proposed border wall along the southern US border saying I don t like walls I don t want to wall people in and wall people out 199 Ballots and voting He is an outspoken proponent of increased ballot access for third party candidates 200 He has sought to repeal the National Voter Registration Act of 1993 also known as the Motor Voter law 201 Secession Paul has stated that secession from the United States is a deeply American principle and that If the possibility of secession is completely off the table there is nothing to stop the federal government from continuing to encroach on our liberties and no recourse for those who are sick and tired of it 202 Paul wrote the remarks in a post on his Congressional website in one of his final public statements as a member of Congress noting that many petitions had been submitted to the White House calling for secession in the wake of the November 2012 election 203 Social issues nbsp Paul at the 2007 National Right to Life Committee ConventionCiting the Ninth and Tenth Amendments Paul advocates states rights to decide how to regulate social matters not cited directly by the Constitution He opposes federal regulation of such matters as the death penalty 204 although he opposes capital punishment 205 of education 206 of drugs and of marriage Regarding same sex marriage he stated in 2011 that My personal opinion is government shouldn t be involved The whole country would be better off if individuals made those decisions and it was a private matter 207 He endorsed revising the military s don t ask don t tell policy to concern mainly disruptive sexual behavior whether heterosexual or homosexual 208 His abortion related legislation such as the Sanctity of Life Act in 2005 is intended to negate Roe v Wade and to get the federal government completely out of the business of regulating state matters 209 Paul says his years as an obstetrician led him to believe that life begins at conception 210 211 Paul was critical of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 arguing that it sanctioned federal interference in the labor market and did not improve race relations He once remarked The Civil Rights Act of 1964 not only violated the Constitution and reduced individual liberty it also failed to achieve its stated goals of promoting racial harmony and a color blind society 212 Paul opposes affirmative action 213 Paul opposes the federal War on Drugs 214 and advocates that states should decide whether to regulate or deregulate drugs such as medical and recreational marijuana and other substances 215 216 In 2001 he joined with Democratic Congressman Barney Frank in helping pass the States Rights to Medical Marijuana Act H R 2592 an attempt to stop the federal government from preempting states medical marijuana laws 217 Paul again partnered with Frank in support of online gambling rights In 2006 both strongly opposed H R 4777 the Internet Gambling Prohibition and Enforcement Act and H R 4411 the Goodlatte Leach Internet Gambling Prohibition Act 218 219 In June 2018 Paul posted a tweet containing a racist cartoon and a caption which invoked the Cultural Marxism conspiracy theory The tweet read Are you stunned by what has become of American culture Well it s not an accident You ve probably heard of Cultural Marxism but do you know what it means The tweet was later deleted with an apology stating that a staff member had inadvertently posted what Paul described as an offensive cartoon 220 221 222 In August 2022 Paul expressed support for Republican state governments he described as fighting back against so called Woke Capitalism 223 third party source needed Cryptocurrency Paul says that he does not have a final answer on whether bitcoin will replace the dollar but says that it should be legal He attends bitcoin and cryptocurrency conferences because I think the world s a disaster the financial system is coming apart and the government money is terrible and people ought to have a right to be able to develop something 24 Post congressional career nbsp Paul speaking at a 2022 conference hosted by the Young Americans for Liberty student activism organizationIn April 2013 Paul founded the Ron Paul Institute for Peace and Prosperity a foreign policy think tank that seeks to promote his non interventionist views 224 The institute is part of his larger foundation Foundation for Rational Economics and Education In the same month he began to offer the Ron Paul Curriculum a homeschool online curriculum developed by Gary North and taught from a free market and Christian perspective 225 In June 2013 Paul criticized the NSA surveillance program and praised Edward Snowden for having performed a great service to the American people by exposing the truth about what our government is doing in secret 226 In April 2015 Paul began appearing in infomercials for Stansberry amp Associates Investment Research warning about an upcoming financial meltdown as a result of the imminent crash of the world s currencies 227 228 In March 2017 Paul predicted a market downturn again 229 Paul was a critic of Donald Trump s plans to increase the number of military personnel in Afghanistan In August 2017 he said that Americans don t see Afghanistan as a threat to their personal security and being aggressive in foreign policy only loses Trump some of his support base citation needed 230 Paul has also called for Trump to bring American troops back from Syria in April 2018 on the grounds that the threat from ISIS has been eliminated 231 He continues to voice his disagreements regarding foreign policy and more recently regarding the events involving America and Iran 232 233 In 2013 Paul established the Ron Paul Channel an Internet broadcast Its slogan was Turn Off Your TV Turn On the Truth 234 235 In 2015 Ron Paul ended all relationships with the Ron Paul Channel in order to start a new Internet program called The Ron Paul Liberty Report 236 which he co hosts with Daniel McAdams 2016 presidential election Paul endorsed his son Senator Rand Paul in the 2016 Republican primary and campaigned for him in Iowa 237 After his son dropped out Paul had said that no Republican or Democratic candidate even came close to holding libertarian views 238 Paul expressed disappointment in former New Mexico Governor Gary Johnson s Libertarian Party nomination for President and told independent voters that Green Party nominee Jill Stein was a better candidate for those who lean towards progressivism and liberalism while emphasizing that he was not endorsing her 239 Paul received one electoral vote from a Texas faithless elector South Texas College political science professor William Greene who had been pledged to Donald Trump 240 in the 2016 presidential election 241 242 making Paul the oldest person ever to receive an electoral vote and the second Libertarian Party member to receive an electoral vote after John Hospers in 1972 243 2020 presidential election In the 2020 Democratic primary Paul described Hawaii Representative Tulsi Gabbard as the most intelligent and the very very best option of the Democratic candidates primarily for her views on foreign policy adding that We probably wouldn t agree with too much on economics 193 ControversiesNewsletters controversy Main article Ron Paul newsletters Beginning in 1978 for more than two decades Paul and his associates published a number of political and investment oriented newsletters bearing his name Dr Ron Paul s Freedom Report The Ron Paul Survival Report the Ron Paul Investment Letter and the Ron Paul Political Report 46 A number of the newsletters particularly in the period between 1988 and 1994 when Paul was no longer in Congress contained racist material that proved controversial when he returned to Congress and ran for president Topics included conspiracy theories anti government militia movements and race wars 244 During Paul s 1996 congressional election campaign and his 2008 and 2012 presidential primary campaigns critics charged that some of the passages reflected racism anti Semitism and homophobia 25 245 246 247 In a 1996 interview Paul did not deny writing the newsletters and defended some of their contents but specified that he opposes racism 248 249 250 In March 2001 Paul said he did not write the commentaries but stopped short of denying authorship in 1996 because his campaign advisers had thought it would be too confusing and that he had to live with the material published under his name 251 252 Half a dozen libertarian activists including some still closely associated with Paul pointed to Lew Rockwell as the primary ghostwriter of the newsletters Rockwell denied responsibility for the content 46 In 2011 Paul s spokesperson Jesse Benton said Paul had taken moral responsibility because they appeared under his name and slipped through under his watch 253 COVID 19 pandemic statements On March 16 2020 Ron Paul criticized the government media and public responses to the nascent COVID 19 pandemic in a column for his website 254 He dismissed claims of a death rate higher than the flu as a claim without any scientific basis and said that the chief fearmonger of the Trump Administration is without a doubt Anthony Fauci head of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases at the National Institutes of Health who Paul claimed was serving up outright falsehoods to stir up even more panic He stated People should ask themselves whether this coronavirus pandemic could be a big hoax That is not to say the disease is harmless Without question people will die from coronavirus Those in vulnerable categories should take precautions to limit their risk of exposure But we have seen this move before Government over hypes a threat as an excuse to grab more of our freedoms When the threat is over however they never give us our freedoms back 254 Personal life nbsp Paul at a rally in Erlanger Kentucky in October 2010 along with his son senatorial candidate Rand Paul of Kentucky and his grandson William Paul pictured from right to left Paul has been married to Carol Carolyn Wells since 1957 255 They met in 1952 when Wells asked Paul to be her escort to her 16th birthday party 256 257 They have five children who were baptized Episcopalian 15 Ronald Lori Randal Robert and Joy Paul s son Randal Rand is the junior United States senator from the state of Kentucky Raised a Lutheran Paul later became a Baptist 258 Since 1995 Carol Paul has published the Ron Paul Family Cookbook a collection of recipes she and her friends contributed and which was sold in part to support Ron Paul s political campaigns 259 His life and career is the subject of the 2012 film Ron Paul Uprising 260 Paul and his wife currently reside in Lake Jackson Texas 261 He enjoys riding a bicycle and exercising every day 24 On September 25 2020 Paul was hospitalized after slurring his words while speaking during a livestream event Paul later posted a photo of himself in a hospital bed to his Twitter page along with the statement I am doing fine Thank you for your concern 262 In April 2021 following Paul s absence from his daily show the Ron Paul Liberty Report his co host Daniel McAdams revealed Paul s daughter Lori Pyeatt had recently died 263 Media relating to Ron PaulBooks Ron Paul Father of the Tea Party by Jason Rink 2011 264 Ron Paul s rEVOLution The Man and the Movement He Inspired by Brian Doherty 2012 265 Films The Housing Bubble a 2018 documentary starring Ron Paul and featuring numerous archival clips of his predictions over the years America Freedom to Fascism 2006 film featuring an interview from Paul American Drug War The Last White Hope 2007 documentary in which Paul has a cameo appearance I O U S A 2008 documentary featuring Paul among the cast Bruno 2009 film by Sacha Baron Cohen in which Paul has a cameo appearance An Inconvenient Tax 2010 documentary featuring Paul among the cast Ron Paul Uprising 2012 film by William Lewis about Paul and his campaign for the presidency 260 Atlas Shrugged Part III Who Is John Galt 2014 adaptation of Atlas Shrugged in which Paul has a cameo appearance BibliographyMain article Ron Paul bibliography Paul Ron 1981 Gold Peace and Prosperity The Birth of a New Currency PDF Lake Jackson TX Foundation for Rational Economics and Education ISBN 978 91 1 041280 4 OCLC 7877384 Retrieved July 30 2007 Paul Ron Lehrman Lewis U S Gold Commission September 1982 The Case for Gold A Minority Report of the U S Gold Commission PDF Washington DC Cato Institute 2d ed Ludwig von Mises Institute 2007 ISBN 978 0 932790 31 6 OCLC 8763972 Retrieved July 30 2007 Paul Ron 1983 Abortion and Liberty Lake Jackson TX Foundation for Rational Economics and Education ISBN 978 0 912453 02 6 OCLC 9682249 Paul Ron 1983 Ten Myths About Paper Money And One Myth About Paper Gold Lake Jackson TX Foundation for Rational Economics and Education OCLC 11765863 Paul Ron 1984 Mises and Austrian Economics A Personal View PDF Auburn AL Ludwig von Mises Institute 2d ed 2004 OCLC 19968524 Retrieved July 30 2007 Paul Ron 1987 Freedom Under Siege The U S Constitution After 200 Years Lake Jackson TX Foundation for Rational Economics and Education 2d ed Ludwig von Mises Institute 2007 ISBN 978 1 61016 444 3 OCLC 19697005 Paul Ron 1990 Challenge to Liberty Coming to Grips with the Abortion Issue Lake Jackson TX Ron Paul Enterprises OCLC 46960450 Paul Ron 1991 The Ron Paul Money Book The Monetary Writings of Congressman Ron Paul Plantation Publishing Paul Ron 2000 A Republic If You Can Keep It Lake Jackson TX Foundation for Rational Economics and Education OCLC 45414993 Archived from the original on September 4 2011 Retrieved September 6 2011 Paul Ron 2002 The Case for Defending America Lake Jackson TX Foundation for Rational Economics and Education OCLC 49744552 Paul Ron 2002 The Ron Paul Liberty In Media Awards 2001 Jersey City NJ Palisade Business Press ISBN 978 1 893958 84 5 Paul Ron 2003 The Ron Paul Liberty In Media Awards Vol 2 2002 Jersey City NJ Palisade Business Press Paul Ron 2004 The Ron Paul Liberty In Media Awards Vol 3 2003 Jersey City NJ Palisade Business Press ISBN 978 1 893958 24 1 Upton Fred Paul Ron 2005 Indecency in the Media Rating and Restricting Entertainment Content Should the House Pass H R 3717 the Broadcast Decency Enforcement Act Washington DC Congressional Digest Corp OCLC 81150568 Rangel Charles B Paul Ron 2006 Compulsory National Service 2006 2007 Policy Debate Topic Should the All Volunteer Force be Replaced by Universal Mandatory National Service Bethesda MD Congressional Digest Corp OCLC 84912971 Paul Ron 2007 A Foreign Policy of Freedom Peace Commerce and Honest Friendship Lake Jackson TX Foundation for Rational Economics and Education ISBN 978 0 912453 00 2 OCLC 145174995 Paul Ron 2008 Pillars of Prosperity Auburn AL Ludwig von Mises Institute ISBN 978 1 933550 24 4 Paul Ron Haddad Philip Marsh Roger April 2008 Ron Paul Speaks Guilford CN Lyons Press ISBN 978 1 59921 448 1 OCLC 199459258 Paul Ron 2008 The Revolution A Manifesto New York Grand Central Publishing ISBN 978 0 446 53751 3 OCLC 191881970 Paul Ron 2009 End the Fed New York Grand Central Publishing ISBN 978 0 446 54919 6 OCLC 318878539 Paul Ron 2011 Liberty Defined 50 Essential Issues That Affect Our Freedom New York Grand Central Publishing ISBN 978 1 4555 0145 8 Paul Ron 2013 The School Revolution A New Answer for Our Broken Education System New York Grand Central Publishing ISBN 978 1 4555 7717 0 OCLC 828057047 Paul Ron 2015 Swords Into Plowshares A Life in Wartime and a Future of Peace and Prosperity Ron Paul Institute for Peace and Prosperity ISBN 978 0 9964265 0 3 Paul Ron 2017 The Revolution at Ten Years Ron Paul Institute for Peace and Prosperity ISBN 978 0 9964265 5 8 Other contributions Belloc Hilaire Chesterton Cecil 2007 1911 The Party System Paul Ron foreword Norfolk VA IHS Press ISBN 978 1 932528 11 4 OCLC 173299105 Fortman Erik Lavello Randy 2004 Webs Of Power Government Agencies Secret Societies amp Elite Legacies Paul Ron interview Austin Texas Van Cleave Publishing ISBN 978 0 9759670 0 3 OCLC 61026033 Haugen David M Musser Susan 2007 Human Embryo Experimentation Paul Ron Chapter 9 No form of stem cell research should be federally funded Detroit MI Greenhaven Press ISBN 978 0 7377 3243 6 OCLC 84152907 Haugen David M ed 2007 National Security Paul Ron Chapter 1 7 The federal debt is a threat to national security Detroit MI Greenhaven Press ISBN 978 0 7377 3761 5 OCLC 144227284 Archived at Ghostarchive and the Wayback Machine Jaeger James Baehr Theodore Griffin G Edward Paul Ron Vieira Edwin 2007 Fiat Empire Why the Federal Reserve Violates the U S Constitution DVD Beverly Hills CA Cornerstone Matrixx Entertainment OCLC 192133806 Minns Michael Louis 2001 How to Survive the IRS Paul Ron foreword Fort Lee NJ Barricade Books ISBN 978 1 56980 170 3 OCLC 44860846 Paul Ron Hayashi Terry Pardo Victoriano amp Fisher Edwin August 1 1969 Evaluation of Renal Biopsy in Pregnancy Toxemia Obstetrics and Gynecology American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists 34 2 235 241 PMID 5798269 Paul Ron 1999 Being Pro Life is Necessary to Defend Liberty International Journal of Sociology and Social Policy MCB University Press Ltd 19 3 4 11 doi 10 1108 01443339910788712 ISSN 0144 333X OCLC 89482648 via Emerald Group Publishing Paul Ron Bartlett Roscoe et al 2001 The United Nations amp the New World Order Videotape Brunswick OH American Portrait Films Inc ISBN 978 1 57341 132 5 OCLC 56793278 Pearl Sandy Beutel Bill Alis Bob Weingold Dave Paul Ron Bartsch Ed 1980 Born Again Videotape Athens GA University of Georgia Instructional Resources Center OCLC 7407395 Skousen Mark Weber Chris Ketcher Michael 1987 The Closing Door The End of Financial Privacy in America and How to Protect Yourself Paul Ron introduction Bethel CN Institute for the Preservation of Wealth worldcat org oclc 35396237 2d ed 1988 ISBN 978 0 938689 03 4 OCLC 17209571 Vieira Edwin Jr 1983 Pieces of Eight Paul Ron foreword Fort Lee NJ Sound Dollar Committee ISBN 978 0 8159 6226 7 OCLC 9919612 von NotHaus Bernard ed September 1 2003 The Liberty Dollar Solution to the Federal Reserve Paul Ron Chapter 21 Abolish the Fed Evansville IN American Financial Press ISBN 978 0 9671025 2 8 See alsoCriticism of the Federal Reserve Draft Ron Paul movement Libertarian Republican List of federal political scandals in the United States List of peace activists List of politicians affiliated with the Tea Party movement Paulville Texas Students for Ron PaulReferences Lau Ryan February 3 2018 Ron Paul Attacks Libertarian Leadership in Response to 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increases The Ukraine crisis also provides an excuse for Congress to do what Congress does best increase federal spending President Biden has requested Congress provide an additional 10 billion in emergency military aid to Ukraine the former congressman wrote Congress will likely quickly approve the President s request This will not likely be the last time Congress rushes billions of emergency money to Ukraine He theorized another consequence of the invasion could be lobbyists for military industries seeking to expand the country s military budget in which Congress would likely agree to he said Shut Down the TSA Ron Paul Institute for Peace and Prosperity Paul Ron June 13 2002 Restoring First Amendment Protections of Religion and Religious Speech to the U S House of Representatives Archived from the original on December 5 2010 Retrieved December 8 2010 Will George F February 18 2007 A Cheerful Anachronism Newsweek Archived from the original on April 8 2016 Retrieved March 17 2008 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