Where do Ron Paul's ideas come from?

Ron Paul says that "ideas are the only things that count". So where do Ron Paul's ideas come from?

Ludwig von Mises, Lew Rockwell and Murray Rothbard stand behind Ron Paul and his message of peace and liberty. Their strategy is to awaken and educate the masses to the idea of liberty, for when the State is widely recognized as unethical and uneconomic, it's days are numbered, since all States rest ultimately upon the support, active or merely passive, of the masses.

Ron Paul speaks to the masses, educates them, and introduces them for the first time to the ideas of liberty, in the hope that they will embrace the message and join the intellectual and moral battle against State power. He encourages all his supporters to discover for themselves the philosophy of liberty, directing them to Mises, Rockwell and Rothbard.

http://www.mises.org
http://www.lewrockwell.com
http://www.vforvoluntary.com
http://www.managainstthestate.blogspot.com

Links to all sources at http://vforvoluntary.com/ron-paul

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[CRAPCANNONS]

Did Ron Paul ever publish a must-read list of books essential to understanding the ideas at stake?

If not a pamphlet of them should be passed out.

[grahampwright]

@CRAPCANNONS Yes. Google 'Ron Paul Wants You To Read These Books' and 'The Ron Paul Reading List'. He also provides a longer list at the back of his book The Revolution: A Manifesto.

[CRAPCANNONS]

@grahampwright

Well this should be turned into pamphlets and handed out at his events.

[grahampwright]

@CRAPCANNONS I agree. I expect someone has already turned them into pamphlets. You could ask at Ron Paul Forums to see if this is the case.

[TheStfu1000]

also what is the 'rejection of force'. no force can be rejected thats why it's called force. ie your free will is taken away and you have to accept it and you cant reject it. you can't reject fraud once you've been frauded. nor can you reject a person mugging you you have to react.

[grahampwright]

@TheStfu1000 Thanks for your comments. It's the INITIATION of force, not all force.

Voluntarists reject the initiation of force as an acceptable (ethical) mode of behaviour, by anyone. It's a rejection of the IDEA of initiatory force. This contrasts with minarchists, who believe that in some circumstances, initiating force is acceptable, e.g. taxation.

Ron Paul's rejection of the initiation of force is tantamount to a rejection of even a minarchist State.

[ricsenTV]

Ron Paul Revolution is changing the world in a better place.

[ReasonAndLiberty]

Beautiful! I encourage libertarians to educate themselves and challenge statism when possible. Mention something to your friends. Start a conversation. Wear a voluntaryism pin.

Only through education will a voluntary society be achieved. Education in non-aggression.

[TrustGov]

"One thing I am certain of - if Murray [Rothbard] could have been with us during the presidential primary in 2008, he would have had a lot to say about it and fun saying it. (...) I can just imagine how enthralled he would have been to see college kids burning Federal Reserve notes. He would have led the chant we heard at so many rallies: 'End the Fed! End the Fed!' " Ron Paul

[Turkxi]

That 1st song is awesome.

[CRAPCANNONS]

@grahampwright

thanks for your response btw.

[richardleeann]

ron paul is for the people party! everybody just vote for the man.

[viwinner]

frik a president that is well read in philosphy and economics thats good enough for me.

[dhawkes2]

In a recent debate, when asked to reveal the book that influenced him most,Ron Paul answered that apart from any religious books he recommended the book "The Law" by Frederick Bastiat.