American Politician Ronald Ernest Paul was born on August 20, 1935, in Pittsburgh, PA. His career as a Republican member of the U.S. House of Representatives spanned 37 years.

 

He was famous for voting against any legislation he deemed unconstitutional. For years, he was the sole champion of freedom among government officials, who took his Oath of Office to protect the Constitution seriously. His commitment to limited government was so great that he has stood alone against his 400+ colleagues more than all other U.S. Representatives in history combined. That is how he earned the nickname "Dr. No" in Congress. Lobbyists avoided Dr. No's office because they knew he was too principled to take their money for a vote.

 

Early Life

 

Originating from humble beginnings, Ron Paul was raised on the family dairy farm in the Pittsburgh countryside. He attended Dormont High School until graduation, then graduated from Gettysburg College with a Bachelor of Science in Biology and a medical degree from Duke University.

 

Later, he served as a flight surgeon for the U.S. Air Force from 1963 to 1965 and then the Air National Guard from 1965 to 1968. After his service, he built a successful obstetrics and gynecology practice in Brazoria County, TX, in 1968.

 

Paul entered politics in 1971 after President Nixon removed the United States from the gold standard, and he was convinced that the decision spelled financial disaster for the country.

 

Presidential Bids

 

Ron Paul ran for the U.S. presidency multiple times during his career on a platform promoting the free-markets, limited government, individual privacy, sound monetary policy, and reducing American participation in global organizations.

 

In 2007, he's quoted as saying, "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."

 

Although he had the support of a dedicated and energetic base, Paul fought an uphill battle for the presidency, more so than any other candidate. The mainstream media mocked, ridiculed, and outright ignored his campaign in an organized effort to limit his message to the American people and thwart his chances of winning.

 

In what can only be described as the pinnacle of his 2008 presidential run, candidate Paul obliterated Rudi Giuliani in the presidential debate over the 911 attacks when he articulately suggested that we may not have been targeted if America wasn't engaged in gunboat diplomacy in the middle east.

 

Ultimately, Paul refused to endorse the eventual Republican nominee, Mitt Romney, saying that the only winner would be the status quo.

 

Ongoing Public Service

 

At the age of 77, he retired from politics in January 2013, but that didn't end his public service. In April of the same year, he launched a foreign policy think tank, the Ron Paul Institute for Peace and Prosperity, as part of his larger organization, the Foundation for Rational Economics and Education.

 

He also launched the Ron Paul Curriculum, an online homeschool program developed by Gary North to help free-thinking parents escape the broken American education system.

 

A prolific writer, Paul has authored or co-authored 14 books across a broad spectrum of political and economic topics, including The Case for Gold (2021), A Foreign Policy of Freedom: Peace, Commerce, And Honest Friendship (2015), The School Revolution: A New Answer for Our Broken Education System (2013), and Liberty Defined: 50 Essential Issues That Affect Our Freedom (2011).

 

Since leaving office, he has condemned the unprecedented NSA surveillance of American citizens and thanked Edward Snowden for performing a "…great service to the American people by exposing the truth about what our government is doing in secret."