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There are libertarian conservatives, fiscal conservatives, and social conservatives. I feel conservative in terms of limited government, individual responsibility, self-sufficiency - that sort of thing.

Using a broad brushstroke, I think Libertarian - most of America are socially accepting and fiscally responsible. I'm in that category. I think, broadly speaking, that's a Libertarian. A Libertarian is going to be somebody who's really strong on civil liberties.

Libertarians are essentially what the Republicans were 30 years ago. Abraham Lincoln, Teddy Roosevelt, Richard Nixon, Ronald Reagan. They'd all fit more under the Libertarian label than the modern day Republican label.

Some people object to libertarian ideas because there are too many irresponsible people in the world - people who will cause trouble if the government doesn't restrain them.

I'm basically a libertarian, and I'm a conservative on economic matters, and I'm a social liberal.

I'd like to see a Republican Party that embraces a lot of the libertarian ideas.

The 'Libertarian' thing was a mistake on my part for saying it, but I am.

Libertarians are constantly arguing with each other who is the most pure libertarian and who is most ideologically pure.

You have to be careful as a libertarian because you can sound very Republican.

My fear is that people associate Rand Paul's social conservatism with libertarianism, when it's not.