Ron Paul: This weekend I got a couple of calls from the media asking me questions about Rick Perry, our governor here in Texas and the statements he made about possible secession. Now, he didn’t call for secession, but he was restating a principle that was long held and at least in the original time of our country, and that is that there was a right to secession.
Actually, after the Civil War, nobody believes there is a so-called right to secession, but it is a very legitimate issue to debate because all of the states that came into the Union before the Civil War believed they have a right to secede and New England in the early part of the 19th century actually considered it, and nobody questioned them about whether they had the right to do it or not.
Since the Civil War, it’s been sort of a dead issue, but he brought it up. It stirred the media and believe me, it really stirred some of the liberal media where they started really screaming about what is going on here. “This is un-American”, I heard one individual say, “This is treasonous to even talk about it.”
Well, they don’t know their history very well because if they think about it, it’s an American tradition. It’s very American to talk about secession. That’s how we came into being. Thirteen colonies seceded from the British and established a new country, so secession is very much an American principle.
What about all the strong endorsements we have given over the past decade or two of those republics that seceded from the Soviet system? We were delighted with this. We never said, “Oh no. Secession is treasonous”.
No. Secession is a good principle. Just think of the benefits that would have come over these last 230-some years if the principle of secession had existed. That means the federal government would always have been restrained, not to overburden the states with too much federalism, too many federal rules and regulations.
But since that was all wiped out with the Civil War, the federal government has grown by leaps and bounds and we have suffered the consequences, and we need to reconsider this. It’s not un-American to think about the possibility of secession. This is something that’s voluntary. We came together voluntarily. A free society means you can dissolve it voluntarily. That was the whole issue was about.
Just remember one of the reasons that Wilson drove us in unnecessarily into World War I. He talked about what we have to give, have every country in the world the benefit of self-determination, a good principle. Of course, I don’t think he really believed that. But self-determination is a good principle. It’s a very American principle, so to me it’s a shame that we can’t discuss this.
You know, it’s interesting that so many of us have been taught for so many years, and as long as I can remember from the first grade on up taking the pledge of allegiance that we have a republic that’s “indivisible” and we have been preached that and preached it. So therefore, there is no contest, no question since the Civil War that we have even the thought that this could happen.
But you know what a lot of people don’t talk about and they really don’t even know about is who wrote the pledge to the flag. The pledge to the flag came from, for instance, Bellamy, an avowed Socialist who wanted to put into concrete in the pledge this principle of being indivisible, and he did it, you know, for the celebration ironically 400 years of the celebration of the landing of Christopher Columbus, so it was in 1892.
I mean, the pledge of allegiance has not been here, you know, all our history. So I think it’s worth of discussion. I think people should discuss this because right now, the American people are sick and tired of it all and I think the time will come when people will consider it much more seriously is when the federal government can no longer deliver. That time will come when the dollar collapses.
No matter what they do and how many promises they have and how many bailouts they have, they can’t do it if the money doesn’t work. So then, the independence of the states will come back and it doesn’t mean that you’ll be un-American to even contemplate what might have to be done once the dollar crashes.
While this video was originally recorded on 4/19/2009, Ron Paul spokeswoman Rachel Mills confirmed earlier today (11/13/2012) that Ron Paul “feels the same now” about secession as he did in this video.
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Secession will not happen. You know why? Article 1, Section 10. (No state shall enter into Alliances, Treaties, or Confederacy). Confederacy means just that. Technically, the South during the Civil War broke a major Constitutional Law and General Robert E. Lee should have been hunng. Folks, the Civil War started in 1861. Our United States Constitution was ratified in 1791. Article 1, Section 10 was writtend before 1861.
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Secession will not happen. You know why? Article 1, Section 10. (No state shall enter into Alliances, Treaties, or Confederacy). Confederacy means just that. Technically, the South during the Civil War broke a major Constitutional Law and General Robert E. Lee should have been hunng. Folks, the Civil War started in 1861. Our United States Constitution was ratified in 1791. Article 1, Section 10 was writtend before 1861.
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Well stated Dr Paul.
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Well stated Dr Paul.
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I do agree that Ron Paul is not treated fairly, but all youtube videos freeze at 301
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I do agree that Ron Paul is not treated fairly, but all youtube videos freeze at 301
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search up ‘why videos freeze at 301′ and check your facts before coming up with conspiracy theories.. >_>
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Alberta & Texas should form a new union. That would be a powerful union.
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Then I will be moving to Texas.
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I’m sorry I didn’t mean to sound so control freakish on you. I was trying to figure out how many actual residents in my state, AR, had actually signed and I was having a hard time because of other signatures. Then again, I’m kind of stressing because my cousin, a veteran, committed suicide Friday. He drank himself to death can you believe that? His blood alcohol level was .48
I didn’t know that was possible…anyway I’m sorry :/
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new to youtube?
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If Texas becomes its own country I hope Ron Paul becomes its President.
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Ron Paul future President of the Secession States!!!!
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Robin,
I’ll repost my comment on the previous thread, since it is the subject here,
Yes, Oregon is on the list. It has 10,158 signatures.
See this:
Citizens from 34 States Petition the White House to Secede from the U.S.
http://www.infowars.com/citzens-from-34-states-petition-the-white-house-to-secede-from-the-u-s/
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You do realize the primaries were decided by party chairman, not votes, not rules, nor delegates.
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Some people just love their freedom so much that they want to maintain it.
And Ron Paul isn’t saying anyone should secede, he is saying under the Constitution you have the right to do so.
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You had me fooled.
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Um, no. He couldn’t even win the Republican primary in a landslide. If he couldn’t beat Mittens among conservatives, how would he get a landslide with the whole country voting?
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America doesn’t deserve you Dr. Paul.
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Good lord we should have elected this man!
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Highly rated. What do you think?
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We love our freedom that much!
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Hooray for Ron Paul! I agree with him on this.
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Thank you Dr. Paul
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Keep signing that petition people!
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So you guy’s love your country so much that you want to secede from it?
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I wish I could respond to things as eloquently and tactfully as Dr. Paul. That all sounded so much better than, “I dare you to be the first mother fucker to come through my door!”
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The Union was there to protect against foreign invaders, not for the sake of itself. Today its the new foreign invader, and fear is the perfect excuse.
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Just a brief note to all commenters: the word is SECESSION, not “succession”.
Lern youse ta talk gooder okay?
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Thanks Dr. Ron Paul for your history lessons and keeping the idea of ‘Sanity’ alive and well :-]
pEACE!
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wow, i wonder if the states split up if they will take quebec off our hands too:)
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The problem is, if you take away programs for the poor or unemployed while keeping the same system where the super rich are exploiting the working poor(and a lot more of us than just the poor), the poor aren’t just going to magically go get jobs and take care of themselves. So, what then? Let them starve and die off?
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Yeah people that haven’t even seen it like it, lol.
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since when does the Internet love Ron Paul so much?
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would they lose control of the military if the dollar crashed?
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So true Mr Paul!
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