10 Outrageous Ron Paul Quotes

While campaigning in Iowa, Paul harshly told a breast-cancer survivor at one of his stops that insurance companies should not have to sell coverage to people with pre-existing illnesses. “It’s sort of like me living on the Gulf Coast, not buying insurance until I see the hurricane,” he said. “Insurance is supposed to measure risk.” Paul’s comment left the woman—a registered Democrat looking to support a worthy Republican this time around—in tears. “I watched three friends die because they didn’t have insurance,” she said.