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Ronald Reagan and libertarianism

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Rick Sincere

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Feb 6, 2009, 12:14:29 AM2/6/09
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Today is Ronald Reagan's birthday:

http://tinyurl.com/at9hjx

It's always good to remember what he said about libertarianism and
conservatism in his famous 1975 Reason magazine interview.

"If you analyze it I believe the very heart and soul of conservatism is
libertarianism. I think conservatism is really a misnomer just as
liberalism is a misnomer for the liberals–if we were back in the days of
the Revolution, so-called conservatives today would be the Liberals and
the liberals would be the Tories. The basis of conservatism is a desire
for less government interference or less centralized authority or more
individual freedom and this is a pretty general description also of what
libertarianism is."

-- Rick Sincere

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