I have a small literary gift for you.


"If our government were scrupulously faithful to the Constitution, we would not need to be especially concerned what a person who represents a philosophy different from our own takes political office. Our Constitution delegates relatively few tasks for the federal government, so it should almost be a matter of indifference who is elected. We wouldn't have to worry that a social policy of which we disapproved would be imposed on our neighborhood at the whim of the new president and his court appointees, or that more of our money would be stolen to fund yet another government boondoggle. And we would also be spared the spectacle of countless American individuals and corporations frantically donating to candidates for political office during election years in order to reserve a place on the federal gravy train if their favorite should win.

I've often cautioned conservatives who are tempted to give more power to the federal government in general or the executive branch in particular that those additional powers will be available to whoever takes office next- and that person may not be to your liking. I now find myself offering the same words of caution to liberals: whatever temptation you may have to exceed the powers granted under the Constitution, understand that you are opening a Pandora's box. Once we lose our respect for the Constitution and begin interpreting it so that happens to permit our pet programs, we have no right to be surprised when our political opponents come along with their own ideas for interpreting the Constitution loosely.
To be sure the U.S. Constitution is not perfect. Few human contrivances are. But it is a pretty good one, I think, and it defines and limits the scope of government. When we get into the habit of disregarding it or - what is the same thing - interpreting certain key phrases so broadly as to allow the federal government to do whatever it wants, we do so at our own peril. We will wind up with a situation like the one we face right now, that few Americans are happy with.

I do not believe that most Americans want to continue down this path: undeclared wars without end, more and more policestate measures, and a Constitution that may as well not exist. But this is not a fated existance. We do not have to live in this kind of America. It is not too late to rally and recall our people to the Constitution, the rule of law, and our traditional American Republic."

Ron Paul- The Revolution: A Manifesto. Pgs 66-67

isn't Ron Paul a Republican?

Thank you!

Dr. Paul is in fact a Republican, but before he falls under that label he falls under the labels of American and Constitutionalist.

Those 2 things have put him in a position to be one of the most vocal critics of his own party for a long time.