This is Ron Paul’s “Farewell to Congress” delivered on November 14, 2012. Yet this is not reminiscence of good times spent in the halls of power. Rather, in this booklet, you will find a devastating denunciation of the evils perpetrated by the Federal government and the “psychopathic authoritarians” who seek to swell its power, as well as a clarion call for what he calls an “intellectual awakening” and a return to freedom. Dr. Paul sums up and presents with strong conviction the principles he has held fast to during his entire career. Neither is this a “retirement speech”. Rather this is a “goodbye to all that”, as he kicks Washington’s dirt off his feet, and enters what is sure to be the most productive period of his life. Fittingly, Lew Rockwell writes the introduction:
Ron is the anti-politician. He tells unfashionable truths, educates rather than flatters the public, and stands up for principle even when the whole world is arrayed against him. It’s Ron’s truth-telling and his urge to educate the public that should inspire us as we carry on into the future.
Dr. Ron Paul is a former member of Congress and Distinguished Counselor to the Mises Institute.
The White House leaks that a deal is almost done. Markets surge. Insiders profit. The deal collapses. Repeat. Now the markets barely move. Nobody believes it anymore. A government that cries wolf this many times eventually finds itself alone.
