10 Outrageous Ron Paul Quotes

Shortly after announcing that he’d be vying for the position of GOP candidate in the 2012 election—his third presidential campaign—Paul was interviewed by Fox News’s Chris Wallace about his dislike of government involvement in any personal habits, including drug use and prostitution. He insisted that social conservatives would vote for the libertarian “if they understand my defense of liberty is the defense of their right to practice their religion and say their prayers where they want to practice their life. But if you do not protect liberty across the board it’s the First Amendment–type issue…You know, it’s amazing that we want freedom to pick our future in a spiritual way but not when it comes to our personal habits.”