"A Classical liberal is someone who wants a society that maximizes peace, civility, tolerance and well being for everyone. One that opens opportunities for everyone to advance themselves."
"L-word" aside, this is Reagan's brand of Conservatism, and it is mine as well. Kelly asks him if that means he might vote for Hillary Clinton, and he gives a wonderful answer:
"Well, I mean, putting aside all the things that are said about Hillary today, my main difference with her is on the vision of what kind of society will make people's lives better. So this is a vision of society in which people are too evil or stupid to run their own lives, but those in power are perfectly capable of running everybody else's lives because they're so much smarter. It's what Hayek called the 'fatal conceit,' or William Easterly called 'the tyranny of experts,' because that's what it is, it is tyranny...
I don't have a guy. I have these principles and what I'm trying to accomplish. And what we need, to me, is a candidate that will help change the trajectory of the country from all this wasteful, irresponsible spending that's heading us for a financial cliff -not just by the Democrats but by the Republicans. The reason we tend to support Republicans is they're taking us toward the cliff at only 70 miles per hour miles an hour and the Democrats are taking us 100 miles an hour.
My feeling about Charles Koch is he should keep his wallet in his back pocket and throw his hat in the ring. Both brothers should be running for office or writing books or mentoring young people in college settings... No Republican should accept their money. These men have more to offer than money.