Liberty Defined: Index

The published edition of Liberty Defined: 50 Essential Issues That Affect Our Freedom by Ron Paul (Grand Central Publishing, 2011) lacks an index. This page is designed to provide for one.

INDEX

A

Abortion, 1-9

Alcohol prohibition, 225-230

Ali, Muhammad, 46-74

al Qaeda, 92-94, 131, 287

American Enterprise Institute (AEI), 209

American Medical Association (AMA), 192-197

Afghanistan, 42, 64, 93, 115-116, 131, 153, 240, 286, 320

Assange, Julian, 35, 36, 216

Assassination, 10-15

American citizen, 12, 13, 115

Anwar-al-Awalaki, 14

Austrian Economics, 16-19, 24, 167, 206

Awlaki, Anwar al, 14

B

Bacon-Davis Act, 309

Bailouts, 25, 48, 91, 168, 201, 307, 308

Chrysler, 307, 308

General Motors, 306, 307

Wall Street and banks, 25, 130, 134, 158

well-connected, 48, 207

Bastiat, Federic, 17, 164

Begala, Paul, 112

Bernanke, Ben, 168

Bill of Rights, 14

Bipartisanship, 20-23

Blair, Dennis C., 12, 13, 14

Blockades, 298

Blowback, 95, 96, 307

Boom-Bust Cycle, (see Business Cycle)

Bubble Economy, (see Business Cycle)

Bush, George H. W. (President), 176

Bush, George W. (President), 80, 83, 89, 108, 110, 254, 290

economic stimulus, 26, 27

executive power, 113, 114,

health care, 196

war, 11, 54, 57, 83, 110, 115, 131, 132, 141, 254, 258,

Business Cycle, 24-27

boom-bust cycle, 24, 25, 27, 167, 199, 301

bubble economy, 168, 169, 200, 207, 301

counter cyclical policy failure, 26

deficit spending, (see deficit)

recession, (see Recession)

C

CAFTA, 112, 297

Camp David Accords, 119, 319

Campaign Finance, 28-31

Citizens United, 28

corporate speech, 29

McCain-Feingold Act, 28

taxpayer-financed elections, 30

Cap and Trade, 136

Capital Punishment, 32-36

federal death penalty, 32

government power to kill, 33

societal effects, 34

Carter, Jimmy (President), 119, 317

Census, 151, 273

Central Bank, 24, 27, 121, 171, 201

Federal Reserve, (see Federal Reserve)

Central Intelligence Agency (CIA), 37-43, 58, 157

assassination, 38

illegal funding, 86, 116

illegal financing, 39, 41

foreign elections influence, 38, 66

intelligence gathering, 38

Iran, 38, 41

regime change, 38, 85

rendition, 11, 38, 258, 292, 294

torture, 38, 291, 294

unrestrained efforts, 85

Cicero, 84, 98, 99

Civil Disobedience, 44-49

Martin Luther King, 45

Muhammad Ali, 46-48

Civil Liberties, 113

Civil War, 261, 268, 269

Classical Liberalism, xii, 211

Cleland, Max, 89

Climate Change, 133, 139

Clinton, Bill (President), 285

Cold War, xiii, 91, 239, 285

Collateral Damage, 14, 34, 71, 93, 149

Compromise, 21, 22, 129, 130, 241, 261, 263

Conscription, 46, 50-55, 328, 332

no Constitutional authority, 50, 54

Mohammad Ali, 46-48

Selective Service Act, 53

Consent, 2, 9, 70, 72, 126, 127, 298, 327

Constitution of the United States, 2, 38

Congress responsibility, 108, 110-113, 116, 117

executive powers, 108, 110-112, 114

federal crimes, three, 35

foreign trade, 112

general welfare clause, 109

individual rights protected, 66, 292

protects persons, 14

religion, 106

separation of powers, 108

state sovereignty, 266-269

Corporate Welfare, 173, 306, 308

Corporatism, 21, 136, 196

Counterfeiting, 2, 35, 36, 155, 327

D

Davis-Bacon Act, 309-311

Debt, xv, 26-27, 123, 168, 269, 271, 284, 312, 319

Federal Reserve, 26, 199

Declaration of Independence, xi

Deficits, 91, 126, 168-170, 172, 176

Deficit Spending, (see Deficits)

Democracy, 55, 61, 63-72

democratic mandate, 65

spreading democracy, 50, 64, 72, 86, 121, 124, 174, 213,

victimizing minorities, 64

Republic, 64-65

Demagogue(s), 56-63, 95, 201, 218, 248

Department of Education, 79-18, 106

Department of Homeland Security, 40, 157, 232

Dependency, 129, 169, 254, 259, 264, 319

Director of National Intelligence, 12, 39

Discrimination, 73-77

making up for past injustice, 76

punish with social and economic disapproval, 75

reparations, 77

Dollar

backing, 199, 201, 202

hegemony, xiv, 87, 170

printing, 27, 271,

Drug War, 94, 154, 156,

prohibition, 152, 226-230

Draft (see Conscription)

E

Education, 44, 48, 49, 60, 78-82, 107, 110, 121, 128, 194

brainwashing (monopoly control of indoctrination), 79, 82, 107, 110, 162

competition, 79

Department of Education, 80, 106, 196

free, 82, 128, 150, 155, 172, 282, 304

home school, 79-82

liberty, 44, 45, 48, 49, 60, 64, 181, 282, 323

no Constitutional authority, 78

public schools, (see Public Schools)

textbook controversy, 79

religion, 104-107

Eighteenth Amendment, 225, 226

Egypt, 66, 119, 319

Empire, 36, 83-100, 170,

British, 87, 88

collapse, 90, 271

Roman, 84-87, 314

Enemy Combatant, 12, 258, 278, 292, 293

Eminent Domain, (see Public Land)

Environmentalism, 133, 134

radical, 133, 134, 136, 138, 232

Envy, 101-103

Evolution, 104-107

Executive Power, 108-117

economic controls, 113, 114

regulations

signing statements, 112

spending, 26, 110, 115, 116, 172, 174, 308

treaties, 112

war powers, 96, 111, 113-115

Executive Orders, 112, 113, 172, 258, 310, 311

signing statement, 96, 112, 257

F

Fascism, 136, 166, 168, 196

Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI)

group infiltration, 47

Federal Reserve, 25, 27, 115, 120, 134, 199, 206, 274, 310

creation of Fed, 123, 198

deficit spending, 168, 169, 200

foreign aid, 120

monetary policy 198

secret financing, 86, 115-116, 120

Fiat dollar, 170

Financial Crisis Inquiry Commission, 206

Fisher, Louis, 116

Fifth Amendment, 234, 235

First Amendment, 58, 123, 183, 185, 186

campaign finance, 29

lobbyist, 179

marriage, 184

Flag burning, 218

Foreign Aid, 57, 118-122, 319

Agency for International Development, 120

food aid, 119

International Monetary Fund, 120

World Bank

Foreign Policy, xiv, 10, 21, 36, 38, 40, 43, 51, 52, 54, 89, 91, 124, 131, 142, 159, 208, 214, 220, 249, 252, 286, 292, 293, 295, 315,

interventionism, 89, 120, 123, 124, 178, 297

Islam, 240

perpetual war, (see War)

Foreign Trade, 298, 299

Congress responsibility, 298

Four Freedoms, 121, 123-132

Fourth Amendment, 47, 219, 255

Government spying on citizens, 47

Fourth-Generation Warfare, 92

Freedom of Association, 58

Free Market, xiv, 17, 67, 70, 121, 126, 134, 154, 159, 167, 171, 189, 206, 242, 250, 251, 310

G

Gandhi, 131, 247

General Welfare Clause, 109

Global Warming, 133-144

cap and trade, 136

skeptics, 133, 137

radical environmentalism, 133-137

General Motors, 306-308

Gold, 126, 198-201

gold Standard, 167

Goldman Sachs, 69, 136, 308

Gore, Al, 138, 140, 142

Greenspan, Alan, 199

Gulf War, 176

Gun Control, 144-146

H

Habeas Corpus, xv, 13, 115, 258, 291, 293

Hate Crimes, 147-149

Hayek, F.A., 17, 202

Hazlitt, Henry, 17

Health Care, (see Medical Care)

Hitler, Adolph, 145, 146, 213

Hussein, Saddam, 37, 89, 92, 131, 240, 319

I

Immigration, 150-159, 238, 305

border controls, 150, 157

guest worker program, 152, 154

illegal, 150-159, 305

jobs, 154, 305

trafficking, 152

Immigrants, 238, 305

Import-Export Bank, 308

Income Tax, 51, 102, 121, 123, 130

Individual, xviii, 19, 327

action, 17, 76, 229

decisions, 5, 74, 75, 76, 127, 129

freedom, xiv, xv,

liberty, xvi, 6, 20, 55, 67, 70, 72, 91, 126, 128, 129, 130, 148, 159, 163, 167, 209-211, 225, 250, 283, 284, 312

protection against state, xvi, 65, 66, 114, 115

responsibility, xvi, 67, 125, 146, 162, 163, 205, 229, 254, 281

rights, 2, 51, 65, 66, 71, 74, 75, 124, 147, 148, 182, 193, 219

Individualism, 214, 215, 237, 241, 251

Inflation, 114, 166-168, 199, 300, 311

business cycle, (see Business Cycle)

inflation tax, 281-284

monetary inflation, 169-170, 274

medical costs, 193-194

Insurance, 160-165, 172, 184, 189-192, 203-205, 255

medical, 136, 161, 178, 184, 189-192, 195-197, 302

car, 189-192, 195

property, 203

Internal Revenue Service (IRS), 121, 130, 157

income tax, 51, 102, 121, 123, 130

International Monetary Fund (IMF), 120

Interstate Commerce Clause, 109, 110, 191

Involuntary servitude (see conscription)

Iran, 38, 92-93

CIA overthrow, 38

nuclear weapon, 317

trade barriers, 296, 299

war with Iraq, 92

Iran-Contra, 85

Iraq, 89, 93, 298, 318

war with Iran, 92

sanctions, 240, 297, 299, 320

Iraq War, 41, 46, 53, 64, 66, 89, 93, 115, 286, 296-297, 320

gulf war, 176

Islam, 240, 246, 247, 318-320

militant, 91, 95, 174, 244,

war with, 239, 240, 249

Israel, 53, 297, 313, 315, 318-320

foreign aid, 119, 287,

nuclear weapons, 317

zionism, (see Zionism)

J

Jefferson, Thomas (President), xi, 106, 108

nullification, 268

states rights, 266

Jordan, 66

K

Keynes, John Maynard, 18, 166-177

keynesianism, (see Keynesianism)

Keynesianism, 17, 18, 27, 166-177, 200-202, 296

business cycle, (see Business Cycle)

central economic planning, 166, 168, 170, 200, 201, 205, 207, 272

deficit spending, (see Deficit)

Federal Reserve, (see Federal Reserve)

general theory, 166

interventionist economics, 167

military keynesianism, 174-177

need for real wages to go down, 311

savings, 18, 168

spending, 168-170

stimulus, (see Stimulus)

King (monarch), 70, 117, 210, 242, 259

King, Martin Luther, 45, 48, 74, 131

Kristol, Irving, 209, 214-216

Kuwait, 92, 176

L

Leviathan state, xii, 261

Lewis, C.S., 164

Libertarian, xvii, 58, 151

Liberty, 64, 88, 182, 324-325

definition, xi-xiii, xvii-xviii

conflict with government, xvii

liberty as moral right, 144

personal, xvi, 6, 20, 55, 67, 70, 72, 91, 126, 128, 129, 130, 148, 159, 163, 167, 209-211, 225, 250, 283, 284, 312

principles of liberty, 99

sacrificing liberty for security, 115, 126, 128, 131, 132, 165, 210, 224, 253, 258, 278,

war is the most dreaded enemy of liberty, 132

Locke, John, xii

Lobbying, 178-182

lobbyists, 128, 179, 197

Ludwig von Mises Institute, 18

M

Madison, James (President), 132, 268,

Majority Rule, 66-70, 127

democracy, (see Democracy)

never use to undermine human rights, 70

Malthusian, 138

Marijuana, 58, 229

medical, 58

prohibition, (see Drug War)

Marriage, 183-186

common law, 185

no federal authority, 183

social security, 184

McKinley, William (President), 123

Medicaid, 189, 193, 196, 197

Medical Care, 8, 9, 21, 144, 155, 187-197, 304

alternative care, 195, 196

costs 193-196

government-run, 9, 21, 136, 282

insurance, 189, 192, 193

ration, 9

right to pursue, 70, 71, 128, 172, 187, 189

tort law, 194

Medicare, 189, 193, 196, 197

Menger, Carl, 16, 17

Mencken, Henry Louis, 61, 163

Mercantilism, 86, 175

Middle East, 286, 297, 313, 315, 318-320

undeclared wars, 7, 53, 92, 243, 244

protecting oil, 174, 176

spreading democracy, 64, 67, 174, 286

sanctions, 240, 286

Militarism, 84, 88, 91, 99, 126, 168, 174, 284, 298, 314

Military

conscription, (see Conscription)

contractors, 54

court, 293

empire, 83-86, 88

military Keynesianism, 174-176, 296

spending, 93, 174-176, 257

Roman, 83-87

war, (see War)

Military-Industrial Complex, 99, 120, 131, 174, 178, 196, 283, 306, 307

Minimum wage, 300, 303, 304, 309

Monetary Policy, 198-202

business cycle, (see Business Cycle)

central bank, (see Central Bank)

Federal Reserve, (see Federal Reserve)

gold, (see gold)

Keynesianism, (see Keynesianim)

sound money, 200

Moral Hazard, xvi, 27, 77, 161-163, 203-207, 212, 220, 230, 296

Morality in Government, 209-211

Mises, Ludwig von, 17, 18, 19, 24, 135, 166, 264

business cycle, 24

Keynes analysis, 166

N

National Education Association (NEA), 81

NAFTA, 297

National Labor Relations Act, 301

Neoconservative,121, 209, 214-215, 243, 255

American Enterprise Institute, 209

noble lie, (see Noble Lie)

philosophy, 214

war, 215

Cambone, Stephen, 214

Kristol, William, 214

Kristol, Irving, 209, 214, 216

Ledeen, Michael, 214

Shulsky, Abram, 214

Perle, Richard, 214

Podhoretz, John, 214

Straus, Leo, 209, 213, 214

Wolfowitz, Paul, 214

New Deal, 166-167

Nixon, Richard (President), 303

Noble Lie, 94, 212-217

moral hazard, (see Moral Hazard)

neoconservative, (see Neoconservative)

Plato, 212

Straus, Leo, 209, 213, 214

war, (see War)

Nuclear Power, 135, 144

Nullification, 49, 267-272

O

Obama, Barack(President), 310

Bush policies, 26, 27, 54, 132, 209, 257, 258

economic stimulus, 26, 27

executive order, 112, 257, 310, 311

medical care, 21, 112, 71, 136, 196

taxes, 22

war, 11, 12, 54, 114, 131, 132, 140

war on terror, 12, 114, 257, 258, 291, 292

P

Pakistan, 41, 42, 93, 131

Paterson, Isabel, 164

Patriot Act, 10, 40, 158, 219, 255-258, 278

Fourth Amendment, 255-258

Patriotism, 97, 218-221

demagogues, (see Demagogues)

empires redefine, 88, 90

last refuge of scoundrel, 213, 219

love of liberty, 218

obedience to principle, 218

willing to criticize one's own government, 47, 89, 218, 220

Peak Oil, 141-143

Personal Liberty, xvi, 6, 20, 55, 67, 70, 72, 91, 126, 128, 129, 130, 148, 159, 163, 167, 209-211, 225, 250, 283, 284, 312

Personal Responsibility, xvi, 67, 125, 146, 162, 163, 205, 229, 254, 281

Political Correctness, 80, 134, 148, 222-224

reflection of authoritarian society, 223

banning books, 224

thought police, 224

Prohibition, Alcohol 152, 225-230

Eighteenth Amendment, 225

Prohibition, Drug, (see Drug War)

Public Land, 173, 231-236

national parks, 233

eminent domain, 234-236

Fifth Amendment, 234, 235

land taken for public use, 235

Public Schools, 79, 106, 282

alternatives, 79

education, (see Education)

national control, 80

President's Working Group on Financial Markets, 116, 172

plunge protection team, 172

Private Property, xv, 17, 20, 57-60, 75, 121, 128, 154, 155, 159, 171, 233, 235, 236, 244, 250, 277, 283, 327, 332

Progressives, 58, 60, 101, 122, 123, 229, 311

era, 122

Property, 58-62, 67, 75, 151, 155, 251, 327

confiscation, 232-236

private property, xv, 17, 20, 57-60, 75, 121, 128, 154, 155, 159, 171, 233, 235, 236, 244, 250, 277, 283, 327, 332

Protectionists, 296, 297, 300

R

Racism, 235-241

war, 238-240

Radical Environmentalism, 134

Rights, human, xv-xvii, 11, 70,

Real ID, 158

Recession, 24, 26, 151, 154, 168, 169, 199, 275, 305, 308, 310

business cycle, (see Business Cycle)

Redistribution of Wealth, (see Wealth Redistribution)

Regime change, 12, 38, 92

Regan, Ronald (President), 285

Regulations, xiv, 2, 62, 96, 113, 138, 141, 225, 261, 300, 301, 312

Congressional authority, 113

medical, 187, 196, 282

economic, 26, 172, 199, 208

education, 79, 80

energy, 144

executive branch, 113

property, 232

Religion, 59, 73, 79, 101, 104, 105, 214, 215, 239, 240, 242-249, 313, 320,

golden rule, 245, 246, 248-251, 320

neocons, 243, 248

terrorism, 95, 286

war, 242-2

Religion and Liberty, 242-252

Rendition, 11, 38, 258, 292, 294

Republic, 40, 63-67, 83, 90

Cicero legacy, 84, 98

constitutional republic, 38, 109, 110, 179

vs Democracy, 65-67

Roman, xv, 63, 83-87, 98-99

transition to empire, 83-87, 90, 92, 98-99, 115, 179

Robinson, Dr. Arthur B., 139, 140

Roe v. Wade, 5-7

Roosevelt, Eleanor, 125

Roosevelt, Franklin D. (President), 26, 113, 123, 167

four freedoms, 121-132

prohibition repeal, 226

Roosevelt, Theodore (President), 123

Roman Republic, xv, 84-88, 98

Rothbard, Murray, 17

Ruby Ridge, 48

Rumsfeld, Donald, 307

S

Safety Net, 171, 199, 200, 210

Sanctions, 83, 240, 296, 297, 299-320

Saudi Arabia, 66, 287

Say, Jean-Baptiste, 17

Second Amendment, 144-146

Secret Prisons, 11, 13, 158, 258, 292

Security, 253-259

false sense of, xvi

homeland security, 40, 109, 157, 232

national, 11, 37, 64, 86, 91, 109, 114, 118, 119, 164, 188, 255, 258, 290

national security act, 38

Seventeenth Amendment, 123

Skeptic, 133

Silver, 198-200

Signing statement, 96, 112, 257

Sixteenth Amendment to Constitution, 280

Slavery, 44, 50, 260-265

constitution, 2, 35, 54, 66, 67

involuntary servitude, 2, 35, 51, 54, 332

Phillips, Wendell, 261-264

Social Security, 161, 173, 184

marriage, 184

Sound Money, xiv, 17, 67, 121, 126, 128, 154, 159, 171, 192, 206, 250

Spending, 26, 27, 40, 69, 95, 110, 116, 168-177, 197, 200, 256, 275, 281, 282, 284, 307, 308, 323

deficit, (see Deficit)

earmark, 116

Keynesian, see (Keynesianism)

military, 119, 174-176, 256, 257

off budget, 115

unconstitutional, 69, 116,

Spontaneous order, xii, 127, 202

Spooner, Lysander, 70

Stark, Rodney (n.), xii

State Secretes, 114, 258, 292

States' Rights, 266-272

nullification, (see Nullification)

state sovereignty, 267, 270

Tenth amendment, 266, 271

Statistics, 273-276

cause and effect, 274

gross domestic product (GDP), 275

money supply, 274

political spin, 274

unemployment, 274

validity, 274

Stimulus, 24, 27, 169, 174, 194, 206

Strauss, Leo, 209, 213, 214

Surveillance, 10, 59, 93, 114, 256, 277-279

Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act, 114

cameras, 277, 278, 296-299

T

Tariff, 269, 280

Taxes, 102, 280-284

education, 282

property, 232

local, 82

on the rich, 69

payroll, 130

sixteenth amendment, 280

Taliban, 35, 92-94, 131, 241, 244

Tea Party, 91, 181, 271

Tenth Amendment, 57, 70, 109, 110, 228, 266, 267, 271

Term Limits, 179-180

Terrorism, 11, 94-97, 174, 285-288

attributable deaths in USA, 97

military presence, 288, 289

war on terrorism, 11, 94-97

Texas, 151, 155, 228, 233, 234,

Theocracy, 105, 245

Thoreau, Henry David, 164

Torture, 9-13, 38, 88, 290-294

deaths, 294

enhanced interrogation, 290

rendition, (see Rendition)

secret prisons, (see Secret Prisons)

Trade 110-112, 296-300

Constitutional roles, 111, 112, 298

domestic, 110

international, 111, 112, 264, 297, 318, 319, 332

sanctions, (see Sanctions)

Trade Policies, 111, 112, , 264, 296-300, 332

Congress authority, 111, 112, 298

sanctions, (see Sanctions)

Turkey, 297

Tyranny, 13, 64, 107, 164, 210, 214

U

Unemployment, 305

statistics, 275

Unions, 301-312

Davis-Bacon Act, 309-311

minimum wage, 300, 303, 304, 309

NEA, 81

National Labor Relations Act of 1935, 301

Wagner Act, 301

United Nations, 125, 232, 293, 314

declaration of human rights, 125

V

Victimless Crimes, 67

Vietnam, 8, 45, 46, 53, 53, 66, 89, 111, 221

Voluntary Association, 67, 74, 75

W

War, 113, 132, 159, 175, 198, 199, 213, 221, 248, 328

against terrorism, 11

cold war, 174, 239

emergency war powers, 11

fourth-generation warfare, 92

manipulate public opinion, 212, 215

noble lie, (see Noble Lie)

perpetual war, 9, 88, 91, 159, 162, 168

preventive war, 42, 57, 71, 91, 175, 176, 210, 243, 244

propaganda, 97, 215, 129, 240, 241

racism bread by war, 239

religious, 243, 248

south central Asia, 140, 221

undeclared, 218, 223, 258

War Powers Resolution, 96, 111, 113-115

warfarism, 167, 170

War on Drugs, 57, 94, 152-156, 227, 228

War on Terror(ism), 11, 14, 94, 95, 114, 174

Wage and price controls, 113, 303

Washington, George (President), 324

Wealth Redistribution, xvi, 71, 90, 102, 121, 122, 125, 128, 129, 161, 181, 210, 212, 242, 250, 251, 270, 303, 327

noble lie, (see Noble Lie)

Wealth Transfer, (see Wealth Redistribution)

Welfare, 77, 87, 90, 95, 121, 129, 159, 161, 176, 184, 198, 199, 324, 332

corporate, 173, 306, 308

collapse, 271

foreign, 173

general welfare clause in constitution, 109

immigrants, 151, 154, 156, 159

insurance, 172, 189, 191

medical, 172, 189, 191

moral hazard, 77, 90, 129

Welfare State, 21, 67, 109, 129, 154, 159, 171, 210, 271

Wiesel, Elie 98

Wikileaks, xiii, 216

Wilson, Woodrow (President), 50, 64, 123, 124

Wind Power, 135, 141

World Bank, 120

World War I, 64, 123, 239

World War II, 125, 239, 314

World Trade Organization (WTO), 112, 297, 297

Z

Zionism, 313-321

Birnbaum, Nathan, 311