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    Former Member of Congress

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    -The Honorable Ron Paul,
    U.S. House of Representatives

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  • "Woods and [co-author Kevin] Gutzman appeal to both left and right in this constitutionalist jeremiad…. The authors' exegeses of the Constitution and court decisions, heavy on original intent arguments, are lucid and telling."
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Ron Paul’s Farewell Address

Unlearn the Propaganda!

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  • Anonymous

    that was easily the greatest speech ever given in congress.

  • Chris Branco

    Amazing.

  • Niklas

    So Tom, any thoughts about the secession movement in the USA?

  • http://www.TomWoods.com Tom Woods

    I’ll write something, but I have a big project to finish, I’ve been in the hospital, and I have a trip coming up this weekend.

  • Jacques Fournier

    Hope you get well soon Tom and that your big project and trip go well.

  • Franklin

    That’s unsettling news. I hope nothing too serious. Good luck.

  • BD

    Very powerful. I love that the term voluntarism was sneaked in there. I find this term very appealing to “waking” the sheep stuck in the left-right paradigm. “Capitalism” and “anarchy” have such preconceived and loaded emotional responses. But when I use the term voluntary/voluntarist to a leftist, they actually drop their defense and inquire in an open manner. Thank you Dr. Paul for being the Trojan horse for liberty.

  • BD

    Wish you a quick recovery Tom

  • pro

    He inspired me to work hard and to study at least 10,000 times more than any school teacher ever did. I hope he lives forever… I suppose that this somehow makes me some kind of a dangerous extremist.

  • Anonymous

    Will we ever be able to live up to the standard this man has set for us? Carrying his message to every corner of this world must be our cause. Let us pass on the message of truth, as it was passed on to us by him, uncorrupted. History will look back at Ron Paul as one of the most powerful men, all while he never sought the power to control anyone’s life. One man truly made a difference. Now many must do the same.

  • Frank M

    Final score: Ron Paul 1776, Tyranny 0

  • JRT

    I’m convinced that Ron Paul is an Anarcho-Capitalist!

  • Gamble

    Lew Rockwell could not have written that speech better himself ;)

  • Jeremy

    Ouch. hope you’re alright Tom.

  • Jeremy

    Indeed. ;) And that is really saying something!

  • Rob Nabakowski

    Get better.

  • Chris

    get well soon !!!

  • Chris

    This is the signature speech of these last decades !

  • Gamble

    The phrasing and cadence makes me think Lew did write
    it. Also the breadth while at the same time exhibiting great precision. Brevity. Not that Ron is not brilliant in his
    own right, I just think Lew wrote it.
    Lew did you write this speech?

  • http://www.facebook.com/people/William-Schooler/100003032488972 William Schooler

    Visible Liberty is justice for all, Ron Paul a genuine example of real Life.

  • Jeremy

    Maybe they wrote it together? I would think that Ron Paul is capable of writing his own speeches though.

  • Anonymous

    I was saying that a year or two ago and people were calling me nuts. Now, it doesn’t seem so “out there”. I mean, come on, the guy was friends with Rothbard. Connect the dots.

  • Liberty Lover 501

    A constant defender of liberty. Ben Bernake is a happy man right now.

  • http://pulse.yahoo.com/_3YU52EINCBVVCOFOD5A5IHOJWA Bruce C

    Nice thoughts but less-than-stellar delivery. It robs it of some of its power.

  • http://www.facebook.com/people/William-Schooler/100003032488972 William Schooler

    If honesty is extreme then let it be extreme honesty.

  • Jeremy

    Nah. He’s not an anarchist but he is a minarchist. Otherwise he wouldn’t emphasize the Constitution so much. He’s the best statesman (he doesn’t’ deserve to be ridiculed with the “politician” label) this country has ever had though.

  • RobertvdL

    Great Human like all ‘normal’ people are. He would have won the election.

  • Anonymous

    Tom emphasizes the Constitution, and he’s philosophically an anarchist. I’ve often emphasized the Constitution, and I am an anarchist. (I’ll admit, I prefer the terms “voluntaryist” or “anti-statist”. “Anarchy” contains far too many preconceptions for my tastes).

    One can hold to a philosophical position while also conveying more pragmatic solutions. The Constitution already exists, so it is more realistic to whittle the state down to established law than it is to have an entirely new system take its place; plus, revolutions are never preferable: first, because it typically involves a war for the control of the reigns of power, and thus resulting in massive death; and secondly, because the result could be an even worse state of affairs than what existed prior, depending upon who ultimately gets control. Most of the ancaps that I know prefer a natural move toward statelessness through the use of ideas, not through the use of force.

    Constitution government is often talked about by anarchists as a preliminary solution, because it is at least mostly realizable, and because it’s still a move in the right direction on the continuum between statism and anti-statism, power and market. However, we also believe that this move in the right direction should ultimately reach its logical conclusion: the abolition of monopoly state governance.

  • JP

    well said

  • Jeremy

    In my experience he’s not an anarchist.

  • Anonymous

    Well, I have no experience to go by other than what he has said or written in the past, as well as who he was close with and some of what he has read (i.e. intellectual influences). What is your “experience”, if you don’t mind me asking?

  • Evgeny

    Nice speech.

    However I believe acronyms shouldn’t be used in public speech at all without clear explanation.

    Did he talked just to people who knows what “QE” stays for?
    Why? Those who knew what QE is either already convinced by libertarians or knowingly ignores it. Both are bad target group for speech.
    His audience must be wider to get majority, so details must be revealed and explained in speech to those who might be convinced.

  • Anonymous

    Absolutely. He is one of the most wonderfully subversive people to have ever lived.

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9Unkun3aA2o

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