Asserts the moderate-conservative Republican. From Red Alert Politics: "Conservatism cannot and should not simply be about stopping things;
rather it should follow Ronald Reagan’s example of inspiring people to
achieve, Democrat-turned-Republican former Rep. Artur Davis told an
audience gathered at the Heritage Foundation Friday morning for Accuracy
In Media’s ObamaNation: A Day of Truth conference."
The article continues: " President Reagan faced a similar bleak situation to what we face
today when he came to power in the early 1980s, but he confronted it
with a sort of optimistic conservatism of the possible, Davis said. 'Ronald Reagan’s conservatism ought to remind everybody....that we
have nothing to be defensive about,' Davis said. 'We are more than able
to describe based on our principles why free markets are the best way of
closing the gaps between the high and low points in society.'"
More: "Davis argued that markets provide better solutions to the ills of society than those that depend solely on government. '[Reagan] strengthened freedom and he made liberty work for people
who had not necessarily appreciated its virtue,' Davis said. 'Ronald
Reagan took liberty and freedom, which are very imaginative concepts and
gave them power that it never had before.'"
Artur Davis: "Conservatives Should Emulate Ronald Reagan's Optimism & Inspire People To Achieve"
