LIBERTY

Ronald Ernest "Ron" Paul (born August 20, 1935) is an American politician, author, and physician,
who is a former Republican congressman, two-time Republican presidential candidate, and the
presidential nominee of the Libertarian Party in the 1988 U.S. presidential election.
Paul served as the U.S. Representative for Texas' 14th and 22nd congressional districts. He
represented the 22nd congressional district from 1976 to 1977 and from 1979 to 1985, and then
represented the 14th congressional district, which included Galveston, from 1997 to 2013. On three
occasions, he sought the presidency of the United States: as the Libertarian Party nominee
in 1988 and as a candidate in the Republican primaries of 2008 and 2012. Paul is a critic of
the federal government's fiscal policies, especially the existence of the Federal Reserve and the tax
policy, as well as the militaryindustrial complex, and the War on Drugs. Paul has also been a vocal
critic of mass surveillance policies such as the USA PATRIOT Act and the NSA surveillance
programs. Paul was the first chairman of the conservative PAC Citizens for a Sound Economy and
has been characterized as the "intellectual godfather" of the Tea Party movement.