[griswold3]

“I believe the very heart and soul of conservatism is libertarianism,” Reagan said in 1975.

“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.”

[Phlyer]

“The basis of conservatism is a desire for less government interference . . . and this is a pretty general description also of what libertarianism is.”

I actually am closer to libertarianism than either major political party. Which is a shame, since the nation was founded on "liberal" in the traditional sense policies. Today, the libertarian party is closest to classical liberalism. I never use 'liberal' to describe the leftists.

I do have a problem with the American Libertarian Party because they have become a "Johhny-one-note" on drug legalization, and that's just not my priority. And so, I am a Constitutionalist.

[ansel12]

That short speech Reagan made to the libertarians was about it, which is why one sees them post the quote over and over, they also leave out that it was common for Reagan to start out with something nice and agreeable like that, and then do what he proceeded to do in that speech, point out where the libertarians were wrong and how he was a social conservative, and a conservative.