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What Limited Government?
Allow me to link BK Marcus on a point worth repeating... libertarians just might not be justified in their fond memories of that "small government conservative" Ronald Reagan. Was he better than the guys who have followed him? Sure. And is that really the point? I'm not sure. Markus links a Jeffrey Tucker article at Mises.Org that makes some points you really should remember when the 2008 GOP candidates embrace Reagan's legacy in their ads and debates.
Saul Friedman quotes Reagan himself, speaking at Oxford in 1992:
Let me tell you of another dream I have…a dream I have long had…Just as the world’s democracies banded together to advance the cause of freedom in the face of totalitarianism, might we not now unite to impose civilized standards of behavior on those who flout every measure of human decency? Are we not nearing a point in world history where civilized nations can in unison stand up to the most immoral and deadly excesses against humanity, such as those now defacing Somalia and Bosnia?
And later in that speech,
As long as military power remains a necessary fact of modern existence, then we should use it as a humanitarian tool…
What exactly did Reagan stand for, again?
Posted by Wulf on May 8, 2007 at 09:13 PM
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