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Quote from Ronald Reagan,


"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."


By:

Ronald Reagan (more quotes by Ronald Reagan or books by/about Ronald Reagan)


(1911-2004) 40th US President

Source:

Reason Magazine, Jul. 1, 1975

Categories:

Freedom, Law, Liberty, Politics, Revolution

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