… HOPE FOR THE FUTURE
“A politician running on a Ron Paul-style economic platform [will do] very, very well in the GOP primaries of 2012.”
— Ross Douthat, Atlantic Monthly, September 28, 2008
“The old priorities of the Republican coalition are being replaced … by new issues such as energy, the environment, health care and the effects of global competition on American workers. But in the long term, Republicans will need to find compelling conservative and free-market policies that appeal to the concerns of young people, Hispanics and an anxious middle class.”
— Michael Gerson, Newsweek
“The effectiveness of the Libertarian Party and almost all other third parties in U.S. history in promoting their policy positions has usually been counterproductive, because running a third-party candidate reduces the vote for the less undesirable of the major party candidates. A disciplined group that is prepared to endorse one or the other major party candidate in a close election, however, can have a substantial effect on the issue positions of both major party candidates.”
— William Niskanen, Chairman, Cato Institute, September 2008
… ABOUT THE RLC
“I served in Congress for many years as an elected libertarian Republican. The RLC has proven to be effective at electing other libertarian Republicans to office.”
— U.S. Rep. Ron Paul (R-TX)
Ron and Carol Paul at a RLC reception in 2002.
“The Republican Liberty Caucus does the real work of advancing limited government. You don’t just talk about it. What you do really makes a difference.”
— Haley Barbour, former RNC Chairman & Mississippi Governor
“[The RLC's endorsement is an] important endorsement for me.”
— Mitch Seabaugh, Georgia State Senator, 2008
“Thank you. I am proud to have the support of any organization in favor of free markets, individual rights, and limited government. Those are the values that got me interested in running for office, and those are the values that I always try to embody as a public servant.”
— Dan Greenberg, Arkansas State Representative, 2008
“Thank you for your endorsement. I am very honored.”
— Daryl Wheeler, candidate for Sheriff, Bonner County, Idaho
Daryl Wheeler, veteran police officer and defender of liberty.
“It’s an honor to be recognized by RLC. Thank you.”
— Tyler Williams, Campaign Manager, Jim Burkee for Congress, 2008
“I am honored [to be endorsed by the RLC]. It is my sincere hope that I prove to be worthy of this endorsement.”
— Tom Martin, 2008 endorsed candidate for State Representative, Pennsylvania
“I am honored to have the RLC’s endorsement and will proudly carry the banner for liberty throughout this race.”
— Tyler Nixon, 2008 endorsed candidate for State Representative, Delaware
… ABOUT THE REPUBLICAN PARTY
“The doctrine of blind obedience and unqualified submission to any human power, whether civil or ecclesiastical, is the doctrine of despotism, and ought to have no place among Republicans and Christians.”
— Angelica Grimke, abolitionist and writer
“The Democrats are the party that says government will make you smarter, taller, richer, and remove the crabgrass on your lawn. The Republicans are the party that says government doesn’t work and then they get elected and prove it.”
— P.J. O’Rourke
“Do not associate my name with anything you do. You are extremists, and you’ve hurt the Republican party much more than the Democrats have.”
— Barry Goldwater, speaking of unprincipled establishment “Republicans”
“If you analyze it I believe the very heart and soul of conservatism is libertarianism.”
— Ronald Reagan
“Some men change their party for the sake of their principles; others their principles for the sake of their party.”
— Winston Churchill
“George W. Bush destroyed the Republican Party, by which I mean he sundered it, broke its constituent pieces apart and set them against each other. He did this on spending, the size of government, war, the ability to prosecute war, immigration and other issues.”
— Peggy Noonan, The Wall Street Journal
“I will oppose Republicans when they are wrong … because if you support bad Republicans, you just make them worse.” — Bernie Kunkel, Boone County Republican Party, Kentucky
… ABOUT AMERICAN PRINCIPLES
“The Constitution is not an instrument for the government to restrain the people, it is an instrument for the people to restrain the government — lest it come to te our lives and interests.”
— Patrick Henry
“The strength of the Constitution, lies in the will of the people to defend it.”
— Thomas Edison
“No cause is left but the most ancient of all, the one that, from the beginning of our history, has determined the very existence of politics: The cause of freedom versus tyranny.”
— Hannah Arendt
“A society based on the freedom to choose is better than a society based on the principles of socialism, communism and coercion.”
— Milton Friedman
“In a free society, government is restrained—and therefore political power is less important. The proper role for government in America is to provide national defense, a court system for civil disputes, a criminal justice system for acts of force and fraud, and little else. In other words, the state as referee rather than an active participant in our society.”
— Ron Paul
