Dr. Ron Paul is a passionate advocate for Liberty & Peace
Ronald Ernest “Ron” Paul is a physician turned politician who served in the U.S. House of Representatives for Texas multiple times. Dr. Paul is also a three-time US Presidential Candidate. His political ideologies are a combination of Libertarian and Republican views and he is an outspoken critic of the federal government’s fiscal policies, especially the Federal Reserve and the War on Drugs. A physician by profession, Dr. Paul worked as an obstetrician-gynecologist and helped to deliver more than 4,000 babies. He served as a flight surgeon in the U.S. Air Force and later with the U.S. Air National Guard. The son of a dairy farmer, he earned a Doctor of Medicine degree from Duke University’s School of Medicine and specialized in obstetrics and gynecology.
Dr. Paul was also deeply interested in economics. Acquainted with the economists Hans Sennholz and Murray Rothbard, the doctor also developed his own economic theories. He entered politics and served in the U.S. House of Representatives for Texas’s 14th and 22nd congressional districts. He was made the first chairman of the conservative PAC Citizens for a Sound Economy and hailed as the “intellectual godfather” of the Tea Party Movement. He is a prolific writer and has authored several works on political and economic theory.
Dr. Paul is also the author of several books, including “The Revolution: A Manifesto”, “End the Fed”, “Liberty Defined”, “Challenge to Liberty”, “The Case for Gold”, and “A Republic, If You Can Keep It”. In 2010 he was presented with the distinguished Lifetime Achievement Award by the Charity Awards Committee for his work in promoting the rights of private sector charities.
Weblinks:
The Ron Paul Liberty Report (Updated Daily): http://www.ronpaullibertyreport.com/
The Ron Paul Institute: http://ronpaulinstitute.org/
