Aggression and forced redistribution of wealth have nothing to do with the great religions of the world.
Transcript of Ron Paul's Farewell Address to Congress on November 14, 2012.
Everyone claims support for
freedom. But too often it’s for one’s
own freedoms and not for others. Too
many believe there must be limits on freedom.
They argue that freedom must be directed and managed to achieve
fairness and equality, thus making it acceptable to curtail through force certain
liberties. Some decide what and whose
freedoms are to be limited. These are
the politicians whose goal in life is power.
Their success depends on gaining support from special interests.
Why do so many in the
government
Why did the big banks and
14:05 Tragically, our government engages in preemptive war,
otherwise known as aggression with no complaints from the American people.
14:15 The drone warfare we are pursuing worldwide is destined to end badly for us as the hatred builds for the innocents' lives lost and the international laws flaunted.
14:26 Once we are financially weakened and militarily challenged,
there will be a lot of resentment thrown our way. It's now the law of the land that the military can arrest American citizens.
15:16 Excessive government has been such a mess, it prompts many questions. Why are sick people, who use medical marijuana, put in prison?
16:38 Why haven’t we given up on the drug wars
since it’s an obvious failure and violated the people’s rights? Has nobody noticed how authorities can’t even
keep drugs out of the prisons? How can
making our entire society a prison solve the problem?
16:56 Why do we
sacrifice so much getting unnecessarily involved in border disputes and civil
strife around the world and ignore the root cause of the most dangerous, deadly
border in the world: the one between Mexico and the United States?
18:15 Why is patriotism thought to be blind loyalty to the government and the politicians who run it, rather than loyalty to the principles of liberty and support for the people?
