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Liberty Defined: 50 Essential Issues That Affect Our Freedom Paperback – January 23, 2012

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In Liberty Defined, congressman and #1 New York Times bestselling author Ron Paul returns with his most provocative, comprehensive, and compelling arguments for personal freedom to date.

The term "Liberty" is so commonly used in our country that it has become a mere cliché. But do we know what it means? What it promises? How it factors into our daily lives? And most importantly, can we recognize tyranny when it is sold to us disguised as a form of liberty?

Dr. Paul writes that to believe in liberty is not to believe in any particular social and economic outcome. It is to trust in the spontaneous order that emerges when the state does not intervene in human volition and human cooperation. It permits people to work out their problems for themselves, build lives for themselves, take risks and accept responsibility for the results, and make their own decisions. It is the seed of America.

This is a comprehensive guide to Dr. Paul's position on fifty of the most important issues of our times, from Abortion to Zionism. Accessible, easy to digest, and fearless in its discussion of controversial topics, LIBERTY DEFINED sheds new light on a word that is losing its shape.

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Dr. Ron Paul is a physician and twelve-term congressman from Texas who ran for president in 2008. He is the chairman of the domestic monetary policy subcommittee, and the author of eight books, including the New York Times bestsellers The Revolution: A Manifesto and End The Fed. An advocate of sound money, personal liberty, free markets, and international peace, he is chairman of the FREE Foundation, founder of the Campaign for Liberty, and distinguished counselor to the Ludwig von Mises Institute. He and Carol, his wife of fifty-three years, have five children, eighteen grandchildren, and three great-grandchildren.

Paperback: 352 pages
Publisher: Grand Central Publishing (January 23, 2012)
Language: English
ISBN-10: 1455501441
ISBN-13: 978-1455501441
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Definitions are the most important part at the start of a project ...or revolution.

ByEric Zon August 16, 2014

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With the complete militarization of our police forces - the "change" is complete, America is now a full police state.
Ferguson.
Ron Paul was right all along.
When is America going to wake up and break the bi-partisan singularity?
Every 4 years we vote for the lesser of 2 evils.
So we vote for evil.
Ron Paul was a shining light in the senate, at first he ran as a Libertarian, but noticed that the Americans won't vote for a 3rd party.
Then he joined the Republicans to try and evolve the party from the inside-out and bring them back to the real republican values that were once Abraham Lincoln's.
Well, we see how that's (not) working.
With bloodthirsty RHINO's at the helm like John McCaine, the Republican party is doomed.
It is up to people like Rand Paul and Ted Cruz now to purge the Republican party.
If they don't, if they can't muster up the courage to get the crusty old dinosaurs out - the Republican party is dead forever.
Ron Paul's book is a good starting point for the definition of the project.

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Paul Always Brings an Interesting Insight on His Views on Freedom & Govt.

ByDaniel Hurleyon May 7, 2011

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Paul is a truly unique individual who challenges the political statuesque of thought and brings forth refreshing views on many our issues of today. He has a broad view on individual rights and freedom. On one hand he seems very conservative such as his stands against abortion, challenges to global warming and his stand against govt. Insurance programs. But he is also against the.Federal Reserve, Foreign Aid, excessive govt. regulation, restrictions on marriage and generally for more personal freedoms more in line with our founders perception of self reliance without constant pressure from "do gooder's" to regulate everything for what they perceive as for our own good. Challenging many standard views held today, such as Keysian economics, with great points that you can agree or disagree with but that's the delight in this book, open arguments that are strong and informative. For example, I was not aware that the Federal Reserve made foreign loans to foreign countries with very little if any over sight. Paul is heading the congressional finance committee that now has over sight on the Federal Reserve now requiring annual open audits. An intellectually challenging book that's offers a refreshing outlook on our politics and possible need for change, like reducing our debt and our bail outs of Wall Street.

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Great introduction to the virtues of liberty in laymen's terms and logic

ByFrankon March 4, 2014

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*Full disclosure, I am a fan of Ron Paul and was before I bought this book

One of my favorite books related to policy, history, economics, and of course what liberty means. There are many more in depth and frankly wordy treatise on different definitions of liberty. Outlines just about all of the commonly discussed hot button issues pundits generally discuss on mainstream media PLUS issues not very often discussed, or at least not very often when this book came out. Federal reserve, monetary policy, Keynesian vs. Austrian economics.

I have bought multiple copies and given my own copy away to people that I thought would understand libertarianism or classical liberalism better than it is portrayed by political hacks and partisans. The chapters are short but touch on key aspects of every issue. There are many books that dive deeper than the couple of pages devoted on each topic, and many are free on mises.org and elsewhere on the web or google books.

Even if people don't ideologically agree with Ron Paul's view on what liberty is and the role of government, he rights in layman's terms and is ideologically consistent. Modern progressives/liberals tend to be more in favor of restricting government on legislating morality but heavily involved in economic issues and infringing on property rights. Conservatives/neo-cons/republicans tend to talk about just the opposite (more about legislating morality and claim to be in favor of less government in the market) Liberty Defined consistently makes the case for liberty to include both economic freedoms as well as individual freedoms including the freedom to associate and voluntary exchange with those that consent. Anytime a a politician or political book is discussed, people will love or loath what it says.

This is for people interested in the case for liberty and why more freedom is always better than entrusting governments with the power to use force against peaceful people who each have subjective values. Individuals can make better decisions for themselves than the collective can for others. Individuals always spend their own money better than they spend other people's money precisely because value is subjective.

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Sic semper tyrannis!

ByGravity's Goneon November 6, 2013

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It is simply amazing that in the time it would take to read a Scooby Doo short-story, Dr. Paul can annihilate the sacred cows of the political mainstream, acting as the metaphorical knife into Caesar’s tyrannical torso. I cannot say enough about how comprehensive and meticulous Dr. Paul is within the confines of such a concise reader (probably will take one hour of your life to get through this entire book). I consider myself fairly well versed (for a non-academian) in libertarianism, Austrian Economics, and Constitutionalism; but this book contained a wealth of knowledge that nuanced many of my previosuly held beliefs, introduced an abundance of historical perspectives regarding foreign interventionism previously unknown to me, and even completely reversed my long held position regarding the death penalty. To borrow from another reviewer, Ron Paul is America’s Cicero, and he well understands that although tyranny may reign in the immediate, true victory lies in the lighting the path of wisdom for the next generation. We may not know the exact moment the U.S. crossed its own Rubicon, but our once constitutional Republic has almost certainly gone the way of ancient Rome’s, and Dr. Paul is lighting the next generation’s long path of return from empire to freedom.

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This is easily one of my favorite books, and one of the first political/philosophical books I've read. Each chapter focuses on a specific issue, and is only a few pages long.Read more

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Such a great book. Easy to read chapters and a wide ...

Such a great book. Easy to read chapters and a wide variety of topics. Hopefully more young people (and old) will read this book.

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WOW! Ron Paul is so right. Really like his books.

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If only Ron Paul became president, then TRUE LIBERTY would have been restored.

Another great classic by the great Ron Paul. As in his other books, page by page of the bottom line truth as to how true Liberty once made this country prosper.Read more

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Great book so far. Dr. Paul is the voice of reason.

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