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Quote from David Azerrad,

Aside from the most committed libertarians, few Americans would list a lack of freedom in their lives as their most pressing concern. That is not to deny that militant leftism, the administrative state, and the imperial judiciary threaten liberty—they most emphatically do. Nor is it to argue that conservatives should not care for liberty. Rather it is to recognize that the average American, including the average Republican voter, is not a libertarian, has come to expect quite a lot from the federal government, and cares as much, if not more, about security than liberty (or opportunity for that matter, unless he is young and on the make).



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David Azerrad (more quotes by David Azerrad or books by/about David Azerrad)


Director of the B. Kenneth Simon Center for Principles and Politics, AWC Family Foundation Fellow at The Heritage Foundation

Source:

A fusionist ‘conservatarian’ GOP must now also accommodate Trumpism. Part II in a series., The Amercan Spectator, 10/16/2017

Categories:

Libertarian, Conservatism, Liberalism, Judiciary, America, Leftism, Socialism, Security, Government

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