Honoring one of the most inspiring and principled political careers in
contemporary American politics, culminating in an extraordinary
“farewell address” upon his recent announced retirement from the House
of Representatives, WND has named U.S. Rep. Ron Paul, R-Texas, as its
“Man of the Decade.”
His rise in influence, which helped to create the tea party movement,
burst forth initially in 2008 with his presidential campaign bid, and
surged again mightily in 2012, when he got 190 delegates at the GOP
National Convention.
He is also the author of six books, “The Case for Gold” (1982), “A
Foreign Policy of Freedom” (2007), “The Revolution: A Manifesto” (2008),
“Pillars of Prosperity” (2008), “End The Fed” (2009), and “Liberty
Defined” (2011).
On liberty – his favorite subject – Dr. Paul expressed his fear of rising world government as a key agenda of the American elites. If a person truly believes in individual liberty, said Paul, one cannot
believe in one-world government. He gave examples of how America goes to
war under a U.N. banner or NATO resolution and noted that the IMF
regulates American monetary policy and that these are all stepping
stones towards world government.
“To me, the solution to all this mess that we have is to believe in
and understand what personal liberty is all about. Our lives, and our
liberties, come from our Creator – not our government – and the purpose
of government should be to protect those liberties,” he said.
“And the follow through on this is private property and sound
economic policy, which is sound money. And also a basic moral principle
is, you can’t do anything to other people that you wouldn’t want done to
you. That means you want to protect your life and liberty, which means
you cannot impose yourself on others, whether it’s on a personal basis
or an international basis. That to me is the most important thing to
do.”
