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

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

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

economic stimulus, 26, 27

military, 54

Business Cycle, 24-27

counter cyclical policy failure, 26

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 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

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

Conscription, 46, 50-55, 328

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

Counterfeiting, 2, 35, 36, 155, 327

D

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

Democracy, 63-72

democratic mandate, 65

spreading democracy, 64

victimizing minorities, 64

Republic, 64-65

Demagogue(s), 56-63, 95, 201, 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, 226-228

Draft (see Conscription)

E

Education, 78-82

competition, 79

Department of Education, 80

home school, 79-82

monopoly control of indoctrination, 79

no Constitutional authority, 78

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, 278, 293

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

Foreign Aid, 57, 118-122, 319,

Foreign Trade

Congress responsibility, 298

Fiat dollar, 170

Financial Crisis Inquiry Commission, 206

Fisher, Louis, 116

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

Fifth Amendment, 234, 235

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

campaign finance, 29

Flag burning, 218

Foreign Aid, 57, 118-122, 319

Agency for International Development, 120

food aid, 119

International Monetary Fund, 120

World Bank

Four Freedoms, 121, 123-132

Fourth Amendment, 47, 219, 255

Government spying on citizens, 47

Fourth-Generation Warfare, 92

Freedom of Association, 58

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

G

General Welfare Clause, 109

Global Warming, 133-143

cap and trade, 136

skeptics, 133, 137

radical environmentalism, 133-137

General Motors, 306

Gold, 126, 198-201

Gold Standard, 167

Goldman Sachs, 69, 136, 308

Greenspan, Alan, 199

Gulf War, 176

H

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

Hayek, F.A., 17, 202

Hazlitt, Henry, 17

Health Care,

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

I

Illegal Aliens, 305

Immigration, 150-159

generous visitor work program, 154

Immigrants, 305

Import-Export Bank, 308

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

Individual, 327

Individual Rights, 51, 65, 66, 71, 74, 75, 124, 147, 148, 193, 219

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

inflation tax, 281-284

monetary inflation, 169-170, 274

medical costs, 193-194

Insurance, 160-165

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, 320

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

Islam

war with, 239

Israel, 297

foreign aid, 119

nuclear weapons, 317

J

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

nullification, 268

states rights, 266

Jordan, 66

K

Keynes, John Maynard, 18

need for real wages to go down, 311

The General Theory, 166

Keynesianism, 18, 27, 166, 200-202

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

Kristol, Irving, 209, 214-216

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

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

Lobbyists, 179

Ludwig von Mises Institute, 18

M

Madison, James, 132, 268,

Majority Rule, 70

never use to undermine human rights, 70

Malthusian, 138

Marijuana, 58, 229

medical, 58

Marriage, 183-186

McKinley, William (President), 123

Medicaid, 189, 193, 196, 197

Medical Care, 187

Medicare, 189, 193, 196, 197

Menger, Carl, 16, 17

Mencken, Henry Louis, 61, 163

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

Military tribunal, 115

Minimum wage, 309

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

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

noble lie, 94, 212

philosophy, 214

war, 215

Cambone, Stephen, 214

Kristol, William, 214

Kristol, Irving, 214

Ledeen, Michael, 214

Shulsky, Abram, 214

Perle, Richard, 214

Podhoretz, John, 214

Straus, Leo, 214

Wolfowitz, Paul, 214

Nixon, Richard (President), 303

Noble Lie, 94, 212-213

Nullification, 49, 267-272

O

Obama, Barack(President), 310

administration, 11, 12

Bush policies, 209, 257, 258

economic stimulus, 26, 27

executive order, 112, 257, 311

health care, 21, 71, 136, 196

military, 54

taxes, 22

war, 114, 131, 132, 140

war on terror, 291, 292

P

Paterson, Isabel, 164

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

Patriotism, 218

empires redefine, 91

last refuge of scoundrel, 219

willing to criticize one's own government, 89

Peak Oil, 143

Personal Liberty, 6, 20, 67, 70, 126, 128, 159, 163, 211, 225, 283, 284

Political Correctness, 148, 222

reflection of authoritarian society, 223

banning books, 224

thought police, 224

Prohibition, 225

alcohol, 225-230

Eighteenth Amendment, 225

drug war, 226

Public Land, 231-235

national parks, 233

Fifth Amendment, 234

land taken for public use, 235

Public Schools, 282

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

Progressive 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, 298

R

Radical Environmentalism, 134

Rights, human, xv-xvii

Real ID, 158

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,

neocons, 243

terrorism, 95, 286

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

Roe v. Wade, 5-7

Roosevelt, Eleanor, 125

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

four freedoms, 121-132

Roosevelt, Theodore (President), 123

Roman Republic, xv, 84-88, 98

Rothbard, Murray, 17

Ruby Ridge, 48

Rumsfeld, Donald, 307

S

Sanctions, 83, 240, 296-298, 320

Saudi Arabia, 66

Say, Jean-Baptiste, 17

Second Amendment, 144-146

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

Seventeenth Amendment, 123

Skeptic, 133

Security, false sense of, xvi

Silver, 198-200

Signing statement, 96, 112, 257

Sixteenth Amendment to Constitution, 280

Social Security, 161

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

Spontaneous order, xii

Spooner, Lysander, 70

Stark, Rodney (n.), xii

State Secretes, 114

Statistics, 273

Strauss, Leo, 209, 213, 214

Surveillance, 277

traffic light cameras, 278

T

Taxes, 280, 283

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

Tea Party, 91, 181

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

war on terrorism, 94-97

Theocracy, 105, 245

Thoreau, Henry David, 164

Torture, 10-13, 38, 88, 290-294

Trade Policies, 111, 112, 298

Congress authority, 111, 112

Turkey, 297

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

U

Unemployment, 305

statistics, 275

Unions, 301

NEA, 81

United Nations, 125, 232, 293, 314

declaration of human rights, 125

V

Victimless Crimes, 67

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

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

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

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

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

WTO, 112, 297, 297