Product Description

This Much Is True: You Have Been Lied To.

• The government is expanding.
  
• Taxes are increasing.
  
• More senseless wars are being planned.
  
• Inflation is ballooning.
  
• Our basic freedoms are disappearing.

The Founding Fathers didn't want any of this. In fact, they said so quite clearly in the Constitution of the United States of America. Unfortunately, that beautiful, ingenious, and revolutionary document is being ignored more and more in Washington. If we are to enjoy peace, freedom, and prosperity once again, we absolutely must return to the principles upon which America was founded. But finally, there is hope . . .

In THE REVOLUTION,Texas congressman and presidential candidate Ron Paul has exposed the core truths behind everything threatening America, from the real reasons behind the collapse of the dollar and the looming financial crisis, to terrorism and the loss of our precious civil liberties. In this book, Ron Paul provides answers to questions that few even dare to ask.

Despite a media blackout, this septuagenarian physician-turned-congressman sparked a movement that has attracted a legion of young, dedicated, enthusiastic supporters . . . a phenomenon that has amazed veteran political observers and made more than one political rival envious. Candidates across America are already running as "Ron Paul Republicans."

"Dr. Paul cured my apathy," says a popular campaign sign. THE REVOLUTION may cure yours as well.

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Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #216 in Books
• Published on: 2008-04
• Original language: English
• Number of items: 1
• Binding: Hardcover
• 192 pages

From Publishers Weekly
Congressman, Republican Presidential candidate and author Paul (A Foreign Policy of Freedom) says "Let the revolution begin" with this libertarian plea for a return to "the principles of our Founding Fathers: liberty, self-government, the Constitution, and a noninterventionist foreign policy." Specific examples demonstrate how far U.S. law has strayed from this path, particularly over the past century, as well as Paul's firm grasp of history and dedication to meaningful debate: "it is revolutionary to ask whether we need troops in 130 countries... whether the accumulation of more and more power in Washington has been good for us...to ask fundamental questions about privacy, police-state measures, taxation, social policy." Though he can rant, Paul is informative and impassioned, giving readers of any political bent food for thought. With harsh words for both Democrats and Republicans, and especially George W. Bush, Paul's no-nonsense text questions the "imperialist" foreign policy that's led to the war in Iraq ("one of the most ill considered, poorly planned, and... unnecessary military conflicts in American history"), the economic situation and rampant federalism treading on states' rights and identities ("The Founding Fathers did not intend for every American neighborhood to be exactly the same"). Though his policy suggestions can seem extreme, Paul's book gives new life to old debates.
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Review
"The real truth about Liberty. This book takes a wrecking ball to the political establishment. Senator Goldwater would have loved it -- it's The Conscience of a Conservative for the 21^st century." (Barry M. Goldwater, Jr., former member of Congress )

About the Author
Ron Paul, a ten-term congressman from Texas, is the leading advocate of freedom in our nation's capital. He has devoted his political career to the defense of individual liberty, sound money, and a non-interventionist foreign policy. Judge Andrew Napolitano calls him "the Thomas Jefferson of our day."

After serving as a flight surgeon in the U.S. Air Force in the 1960s, Dr. Paul moved to Texas to begin a civilian medical practice, delivering over four thousand babies in his career as an obstetrician. He served in Congress from 1976 to 1984, and again from 1996 to the present. He and Carol Paul, his wife of fifty-one years, have five children, eighteen grandchildren, and one great-grandchild.

Ron Paul, the New York Post once wrote, is a politician who "cannot be bought by special interests."

"There are few people in public life who, through thick and thin, rain or shine, stick to their principles," added a congressional colleague. "Ron Paul is one of those few."

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Customer Reviews

Great book!
You would be surprised to see how our government is screwing us so bad and how they spend our hard earned money. Or maybe you wouldn't be surprised. This is a great book.

My Manifesto is Bigger than your Manifesto
So what is a nut like me supposed to do come this Fall? If my 1988 Ron Paul for President bumper sticker judiciously placed upon my 1986 Renault Encore worked by way of putting Ron Paul in the White House in 1989, then maybe now I could be reviewing the book of Dr. Paul's presidential memoirs rather than ruminating on federal government grandiosity more convoluted than this sentence. From page 37 & 38: ...with our 700 [military] bases around the world...including troops in 130 countries..."With a $9 trillion debt, perhaps $50 trillion in entitlement liabilites, and the dollar in free fall, how much longer can we afford..." [my words coming up] to keep going as an intact nation? Paraphrased from pages 79 & 80: If we abolished the personal income tax now, our federal government budget would have to return to the levels of... 1997! Shriek, run! Not that, anything but that! If you have children, and you plan to vote for either Sen. Obama (even if he is almost too conservative for you), or Sen. McCain (even if he is almost too liberal for you), please [at a minimum] read pages 133 & 134 and see what the government has in store for your kids (brainwashing never looked so good). So much of what passes for government is most likely unconstitutional, even if I do take a fancy to those interstate highways.

Ron Paul's book is a short, simple read; but so is the catastrophe section of the newspaper. Read it to challenge yourself to explore what true freedom and responsibility entail. The other two guys will keep their feet firmly on the accelerator with our big bus aimed right at the cliff.

Libertarian manifesto
If only Mr. Paul would stick to the basics as stated in this book and realize that change is a process that happens slowly, especially with regard to foreign policy and national security, he might have gotten further in politics.

The book itself is an excellent read and a keen look at where we came from constitutionally with a warning to those complacent enough to put their faith in government control of their lives.