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To: gcruse
There’s more to being Conservative than advocating limited government. Ron Paul’s take on borders, foreign affairs, personal freedom, and the use of power place him in the Libertarian camp

So, you think that it's conservative to be against personal freedom?!

"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." --Ronald Reagan

19 posted on 05/18/2007 8:50:54 AM PDT by Gondring (I'll give up my right to die when hell freezes over my dead body!)
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To: Gondring

” So, you think that it’s conservative to be against personal freedom?!’

You can’t be serious. Social conservatism is founded on telling other people how to live.


28 posted on 05/18/2007 8:54:33 AM PDT by gcruse
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