First published 1987
Freedom Under Siege
Freedom Under Siege by Ron Paul is available as a free PDF and EPUB download at freecapitalists.org.
- Ron Paul
- First published
- 1987
- Format
- PDF and EPUB
- Pages
- 162
- ISBN
- 9781610160797
- Publisher
- Lake Jackson, TX: Foundation for Rational Economics and Education
- License
- Licence not verified for this edition.
Liberty, ethics & philosophy War & foreign policy
Here is Ron Paul's political manifesto, a courageous book on civil liberties and the rights of Americans that are relentlessly under assault from government. It was written in 1987, on the 200th anniversary of the Constitution, and is back in print for the first time.
It is here that Dr. Paul provides his most extended thoughts on what it means to be a constitutionalist in the tradition of Thomas Jefferson.
He connects violations of individual rights to an interventionist foreign policy and the supposed needs of national security. Here he blasts the draft and draft registration, impositions on the right of individuals to own guns, restrictions on the freedom to speak and write, and draws out the links between all these policies.
Paul further discusses the tie between individual liberties and sound money. When a nation's money is controlled by the people instead of the state, they retain their essential freedoms. But when money is monopolized by government with no tie to a commodity, the state is in a position to ride roughshod over our liberties.
Other issues discussed include the true meaning of patriotism, the moral law as it applies to politics, the meaning of leadership in a free society, the nature of the state in light of his experiences in Washington, and the historic and ever-lasting conflict between the individual and the state.
Questions
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- Is Freedom Under Siege free to download?
- Yes. The complete 162-page PDF and EPUB downloads directly from this page (1.4 MB). There is no signup, no account and no paywall.
- How long is Freedom Under Siege?
- 162 pages, 25 chapters, and about 55,790 words in the edition this archive serves.
- Who wrote Freedom Under Siege?
- Ron Paul (born 1935) is a former member of Congress and Distinguished Counselor to the Mises Institute. This archive holds 7 of Paul's works.
What's in it
50 chapters · 55,790 words · page numbers are this file's
- Forewordp. 7
- Introductionp. 10
- Chapter 1p. 21
- The Concept of Individual Rightsp. 21
- Trial By Juryp. 31
- Right to Own Guns and Goldp. 35
- Comments on Moral Lawp. 39
- Moral Law or Legislated Moralityp. 43
- Definition of Individual Rightsp. 44
- Chapter IIp. 48
- Foreign Policyp. 48
- The Constitution and Foreign Policyp. 49
- Acceptance in Americap. 51
- Errors Compoundp. 52
- Noninterventionist Foreign Policyp. 62
- Chapter IIIp. 69
- The Draft or Freedomp. 69
- Patriotism and the Draftp. 69
- Conscription and Natural Rightsp. 74
- The Draft is Unfairp. 77
- The Draft and the Constitutionp. 81
- The Court Rulesp. 84
- The Draft: the Final Blowp. 87
- The Draft and Economicsp. 93
- Efficiency of the Draftp. 98
- Chapter IVp. 104
- Sound Money is Goldp. 104
- The Constitution and Moneyp. 105
- Early Challenges to Gold- The Transitionp. 107
- The Origins of the Fedp. 109
- The Nature of Moneyp. 121
- Money, Liberty, Moralityp. 128
- Inflation and the Poorp. 130
- Trustp. 131
- Need for Leadershipp. 133
- Motivationp. 133
- Economic Reasonsp. 134
- Monetization of Debtp. 135
- Power and Economic Controlp. 136
- Ignorance and Innocencep. 138
- Reformsp. 140
- Is Monetarism a Solution?p. 141
- The Supply-Sider's Gold Standardp. 145
- Some Positive Steps Toward Goldp. 150
- A Major Event after 53 Yearsp. 151
- Summaryp. 155
- Have We Lost Respectp. 155
- Historic Contestp. 157
- Tenacity of Powerp. 159
- Vision of a Free Societyp. 160
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