Conservatives, what kind of conservative is Ronald Reagan . Steven he was in idiosyncratic conservative. He was not that conservative, and a couple of ways. He was fond of quoting tom payne. He loved to quote him saying, we have enough power to make the world over again. I remember four years ago, anytime, anywhere, that is nonsense. People say that is part of reagans optimism. There is a truth to that, but on his headstone, i think the word is, i know in my heart that man is good. That certainly leaves out the Christian Doctrine of sin, which others keep in the forefront of their mind. He had libertarian sympathies and traditional sympathies, but he was his own special thing. John when did Ronald Reagan become a conservative . Steven that is an interesting question. Probably in the 40s when he adopted antiliberal it was in the 1950s, especially when he was hosting General Electric theater. He was reading a lot of early conservative literature. They were big, conservative books in the
How would you describe the perfect conservative . Im not sure there is any thing there is such a thing as a perfect conservative. I am everybody, i think it is like the parable of the blind men and the elephant. It is hard to see the whole picture, but someone with a generosity of spirit, what can they learn from the other camps rather than having theological disputes about different points. You have written as much on Ronald Reagan as anybody. Of those different kind of conservatives, what kind of conservative is Ronald Reagan . Steven he was in idiosyncratic conservative. He was not that conservative, and a couple of ways. He was fond of quoting tom payne. He loved to quote him saying, we have enough power to make the world over again. I remember four years ago, anytime, anywhere, that is nonsense. People say that is part of reagans optimism. There is a truth to that, but on his headstone, i think the word is, i know in my heart that man is good. That certainly leaves out the Christi
Cspan what does it mean . Guest what it means is thatit refers to a constellation of opinions and views that is not traditionally conservative but is conservative and is certainly not liberal. And since i and others who have been called neoconservatives move from being liberals to being a kind of conservative, then neoconservatism seemed like a pretty good term. Cspan i did some calculations on the 41 different essays you have in the book as to what year they were written. I dont know if youve done this. Guest no. Cspan fortyone pieces, and they were written from the 1940s to the 1990s. The most were written in the 70s18 of the 41. Why would you guess that the ones you chose for this book were written in the 70s . Guest i think its because things, particularly intellectual, political things, intellectual and political ideas, were more in flux in the 1970s than either before or after. I mean, that was the decade of transition, so far as i was concerned. Now in 1968, i still voted for hu
Is like the parable of the blind men and the elephant. It is hard to see the whole picture, but someone with a generosity of spirit, what can they learn from the other camps rather than having theological disputes about different points. You have written as much on Ronald Reagan as anybody. Of those different kind of conservatives, what kind of conservative is Ronald Reagan . Steven he was in idiosyncratic conservative. He was not that conservative, and a couple of ways. He was fond of quoting tom payne. He loved to quote him saying, we have enough power to make the world over again. I remember four years ago, anytime, anywhere, that is nonsense. People say that is part of reagans optimism. There is a truth to that, but on his headstone, i think the word is, i know in my heart that man is good. That certainly leaves out the Christian Doctrine of sin, which others keep in the forefront of their mind. He had libertarian sympathies and traditional sympathies, but he was his own special th
As a perfect conservative. I am everybody, i think it is like the parable of the blind men and the elephant. It is hard to see the whole picture, but someone with a generosity of spirit, what can they learn from the other camps rather than having theological disputes about different points. You have written as much on Ronald Reagan as anybody. Of those different kind of conservatives, what kind of conservative is Ronald Reagan . Steven he was in idiosyncratic conservative. He was not that conservative, and a couple of ways. He was fond of quoting tom payne. He loved to quote him saying, we have enough power to make the world over again. I remember four years ago, anytime, anywhere, that is nonsense. People say that is part of reagans optimism. There is a truth to that, but on his headstone, i think the word is, i know in my heart that man is good. That certainly leaves out the Christian Doctrine of sin, which others keep in the forefront of their mind. He had libertarian sympathies and