# Ron Paul: How to Sell Liberty **URL:** **By** Ron Paul **Published:** July 10, 1990 --- Dr. Ron Paul has been a three-time candidate for President of the United States; as a Libertarian in 1988 and as a Republican in 2008 and 2012. He served for many years as the U.S. Representative for Texas's 14th congressional district, and is widely known for his libertarian views and his criticism of the federal government's foreign, domestic, and monetary policies. He is the author of several books including _The Case for Gold_ (1982), _A Foreign Policy of Freedom_ (2007), _The Revolution: A Manifesto_ (2008), and _Liberty Defined_ (2011). In this video Dr. Paul speaks to a crowd in San Francisco in 1990 at an International Society for Individual Liberty conference. Having run for office under the Libertarian Party's banner two years prior, Dr. Paul shares his experience on how to sell libertarianism to make it palatable to both liberals and conservatives.