The Revolution A Manifesto

Republican Representative Ron Paul's 2008 book The Revolution: A Manifesto reached #1 on Amazon's bestseller list upon its release.¹ It was the #2 best-selling political book on The New York Times Best Seller List for the weeks ending April 12 through May 3, 2008.² In July of 2008, it was reported that Paul would follow The Revolution: A Manifesto with a sequel entitled The Revolution: A Memoir.³

Fast Facts

1. Release date: April 30, 2008
2. Publisher: Grand Central Publishing
3. Genre: Non-fiction, political science, political philosophy
4. Length: 192 pages
5. Paul's first original book in over 20 years⁴

Excerpt

"Every election season America is presented with a series of false choices. Should we launch preemptive wars against this country or that one? Should every American neighborhood live under this social policy or that one? Should a third of our income be taken away by an income tax or a national sales tax? The shared assumptions behind these questions, on the other hand, are never cast in doubt, or even raised."⁵

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