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| Above, Ronald Reagan in Cobo Hall in Detroit in 1980. Photo by Armand Vaquer. |
In 1975, former Governor Ronald Reagan gave an interview with Mike Wallace on 60 Minutes. In the interview, Reagan said:
“I think that the heart of my philosophy is much more libertarianism,” Reagan states in the 60 Minutes Overtime interview. “Always has been.”
“How do we call a liberal?” he poses. “Someone very profoundly once said, many years ago, that if fascism ever comes to America it will come in the name of liberalism.”
Reagan then defines fascism as “private ownership, private enterprise but total government control and regulation.”
“Well isn’t this the liberal philosophy?” he continues.
“The conservative so-called is the one that says less government, get off my back, get out of my pocket and let me have more control of my destiny.”
Here's the video of the interview:
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