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Rick Santorum Isn't Ronald Reagan
Bangor Daily News
In the Bangor (Maine) Daily News, Matthew Gagnon, a Republican political strategist, writes:
But if Santorum is considered a conservative simply because he is not Mitt Romney, than the Goldwater-Reagan tradition of the party is truly dead.
In an interview with Reason Magazine in 1975, Ronald Reagan said, “I believe the very heart and soul of conservatism is libertarianism.” To him, being a conservative was about a belief in limited government and individual freedom to pursue success.
The primary goal of conservatism should be to limit the government’s involvement in our lives, because people and local communities are better able to manage their own affairs than bureaucrats in Washington.
Reason's Manuel Klausner interview with Ronald Reagan in 1975.
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