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Venue: Joint Economic Committee Hearing
Date: 10/22/2009
Transcript
Ron Paul: Thank you, Madam Chairman and welcome, Dr. Brummer. I appreciate this opportunity to attend this hearing. I’m sorry I have to leave shortly to do some votes, but I did want to make a couple of points and maybe you can follow upon this later on.
In the [...]

Show: Saturday Night with Dimitri
Host: Dimitri Vassilaros
Channel: NewsRadio 1020K
Date: 10/17/2009
Transcript
Dimitri Vassilaros: My guest is the only politician – federal, state or local – that I have ever admired, unabashed. He is from the Pittsburgh area here. He grew up in Green Tree, went to Dormont high school, now of course, part of Keystone Oaks. He [...]

Channel: Fox News
Date: 10/5/2009
News Anchor: Not too long ago the dollar was as good as gold. In fact, dollar bills were labeled “gold certificates”. So just imagine if the dollar was as good as gold once again. If confidence is one of the failures of our financial system right now, would a gold standard restore [...]

Date of Recording: 9/17/2009 or 9/18/2009

Date: 4/2/2009
Transcript:
Paul-Martin Foss: Dr. Paul, you’ve seen some pretty bad federal budgets over the years and you’ve voted against every budget for over a decade. Is this one of the worst budgets you’ve seen, and do you see any room for improvement in the next few years?
Ron Paul: It is one of the [...]

In the “Hearing on Restoring the Economy: Strategies for Short-term and Long-term Change”, Ron Paul and Paul Volcker discuss the history, present and future of fiat currencies.

Date: 2/26/2009
Transcript:
Chairman: Mr. Paul for one minute?
Ron Paul: Thank you, Madam Chairman. I, too, hear my voice all the time and I’m sure the rest of you are tired [...]

In his latest video update Ron Paul addresses important issues such as the housing bailout, the stimulus package, Obama’s war in Afghanistan, and the destruction of the dollar.

Source: Campaign for Liberty
Date: 2/22/2009
Transcript:
Ron Paul: Well the administration has just announced a new bailout for the housing market, 275 billion dollars; 75 billion dollars of new money [...]

Saturday afternoon Ron Paul addressed a crowd of about 500 people in front of the Fed building in downtown Houston. They had come together for one of many End the Fed demonstrations throughout the country.

Here’s a partial transcript of Ron Paul’s speech (slightly edited for clarity):
“It is a great event, and I understand that there [...]

Ron Paul questions Ben Bernanke about his secret meetings with other central bankers. What have they been talking about? Is the dollar finished and is there a new world currency on the agenda? What role is gold going to play, if any? Bernanke, while remaining evasive about the details of his meetings, denies the rumors [...]

“There is no other power greater than the power over money, the power to create and contract the money supply, the power to control the purchasing power of your money.
Throughout history, this has proven to be the most sought after monopolistic power of man. It has become more sophisticated over the decades and over the [...]

by Ron Paul
I’ve discussed just a few benefits of sound money in the last two weeks, and contrasted them to the perils of fiat currency. Sound money keeps government spending in check, keeps trade fair and honest, which reduces the temptations, and many underlying causes, for governments to wage wars. It also gives you the [...]

by Ron Paul
Many who agree with me on a lot of other issues, do not understand my enthusiasm for gold and sound money or why I spend so much time studying and talking about monetary policy. It’s true that I talk about money differently than most, but the fact is sound money offers many benefits. [...]