Ron Paul (1935) American politician and physician
What Really Divides Us https://web.archive.org/web/20120127094927/http://www.ronpaularchive.com/2002/12/what-really-divides-us/ (23 December 2002). <br class="br">2000s, 2001-2005
“Racism is simply an ugly form of collectivism, the mindset that views humans strictly as members of groups rather than individuals”
— Ron Paul
Government and Racism http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i3EADdr-5AY (16 April 2007). <br class="br">2000s, 2006-2009 <br class="br">Context: I’m not a racist. As a matter of fact, Rosa Parks is one of my heroes, Martin Luther King is a hero — because they practiced the libertarian principle of civil disobedience, nonviolence.<br>Racism is simply an ugly form of collectivism, the mindset that views humans strictly as members of groups rather than individuals. Racists believe that all individuals who share superficial physical characteristics are alike: as collectivists, racists think only in terms of groups. By encouraging Americans to adopt a group mentality, the advocates of so-called "diversity" actually perpetuate racism. Their obsession with racial group identity is inherently racist. The true antidote to racism is liberty. Liberty means having a limited, constitutional government devoted to the protection of individual rights rather than group claims. Liberty means free-market capitalism, which rewards individual achievement and competence, not skin color, gender, or ethnicity.
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Ron Paul (1935) American politician and physician
As quoted in "Government and Racism" http://archive.lewrockwell.com/paul/paul381.html (18 April 2007). <br class="br">2000s, 2006-2009
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