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To: OddLane

Hamilton was a statist by the standards of the time (as opposed to the people like Jefferson and Madison), but they’d all be fierce defenders of limited government and conservative quasi-libertarians by today’s standards. The arguments at that time were around a much narrower range.


3 posted on 12/04/2015 10:13:53 AM PST by TBP (Nous sommes tout Francais.)
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To: TBP

It’s like in the past half century you have arguably a somewhat liberal, JFK, being more conservative than half the republicans in congress. (Of course compared to FDR he was a rock ribbed conservative)

It’s hard to figure these guys out in the 18th century. Things are so different.


5 posted on 12/04/2015 10:49:13 AM PST by Vaquero ( Don't pick a fight with an old guy. If he is too old to fight, he'll just kill you. .)
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