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Orlando, Florida (CNN) -- A long line snaked around the perimeter of a large hotel conference room as people waited eagerly to meet a former Texas congressman who they view as an icon in the modern libertarian movement.

Ron Paul had finished delivering a nearly hour-long speech to a gathering of Florida libertarians on Friday night, and he was now signing copies of books, t-shirts, posters and even a few paintings.

Paul might have retired from Congress last year, but he hasn't gone away quietly.

The eclectic group of activists who backed the Texas Republican in his back-to-back presidential runs still support him even as it appears many of them are ready to turn to his son, Kentucky Sen. Rand Paul, if he follows in his dad's footsteps and runs for president in 2016.

Rand Paul, who was elected in 2010, has quickly become a national figure in his own right due to his willingness to buck traditional GOP ideology, and a strong following among young, libertarian minded voters and self-described "tea party" activists.

Rand Paul's appeal among the grassroots has helped rank him, according to early polling, as a top contender for the Republican presidential nomination if he runs. And unlike his father, Rand Paul is more closely aligned with the GOP establishment.

But as Rand Paul's star continues to rise, where does he stand among Ron Paul's most ardent supporters?

While a few attendees at the conference argued Rand Paul is too moderate, many say he strikes the right balance that the movement needs a pragmatic choice to its principled core.

Or as Chris Sankey, a 29-year-old from Tampa, put it: "Rand is running the company, and Ron's chairman of the board."

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Ron Paul: US lost legitimacy to lecture other nations on law democracy
Watch Ron Paul #39;s full interview on SophieCo here http://youtu.be/gN1cf7kKgWw While Ukraine is caught in socio-political whirlwind, Russia is locked in a stan...

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Appearing on the Kremlin-funded news network RT, former Rep. Ron Paul (R-TX) asserted that the sanctions imposed on Russia individuals and institutions following Moscows invasion and annexation of the Ukrainian peninsula of Crimea were acts of war. He said that sanctions, like any other form of trade blockade, is a war.

If two countries get in war, one of the most important things that they do is that they put down blockade, Paul told RT host Sophie Shevardnadze. So, in that sense, the economic sanctions is doing something that happens in wartime, and that is preventing a government from getting certain things that are needed for the war.

Paul said he is opposed to sanctions against Russia because he believes they are wrong but also because the West, and the United States in particular, is unaccustomed to having sanctions levied against them.

How would we react if we couldnt import something? Paul asked. The American people wouldnt like that very much, and yet we too causally do that with others.

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But, in principle, its not quite like a shooting war, but it is a war, Paul continued. I mean it is something thats used in an active war, in the ultimate for blockade but sanctions is the form of blockade.

Paul has previously said that Russian President Vladimir Putins decision to invade Crimea was legally justified because Moscow was safeguarding their lease of the Ukrainian territory containing a Soviet-era naval base in the city of Sevastopol.

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Ron Paul to RT: U.S. Sanctions Against Russia Something That Happens in Wartime