Tag: john locke

Election 2020: Trump’s Lockean Conservatism vs. Biden’s Hobbesian Socialism

| November 3, 2020 | 0 Comments
Election 2020: Trump’s Lockean Conservatism vs. Biden’s Hobbesian Socialism

“Success is going to bring us together. We are on the road to success. But I’m cutting taxes, and he [Biden] wants to raise everybody’s taxes and he wants to put new regulations on everything. He will kill it. If he gets in, you will have a Depression, the likes of which you’ve never seen. […]

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Paul Ryan channels John Locke

| August 20, 2012 | 6 Comments
Paul Ryan channels John Locke

It was a remarkable event on many levels when last Saturday morning Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney finally announced his vice-presidential running mate, Rep. Paul Ryan, in a speech in Norfolk, Va. Besides satisfying Romney’s disillusioned, conservative base, Ryan’s speech was a pure philosophical moment. As the Wisconsin congressman delivered his acceptance speech, the audience heard words it hadn’t heard on a national stage since Ronald Reagan 30 years ago.

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