It apparently needs to be repeated repeatedly.
Moreover, I am not myself a conservative. I am a liberal in the classical sense or, in the terminology that has become common in the USA, a libertarian in philosophy.
And neither were Hayek and Rand.
Further: Why do so many conservatives oppose free markets?
Source: Milton Friedman, interviewed in Brian Snowdon and Howard R. Vane, Modern Macroeconomics: Its Origins, Development and Current State (Cheltehnam, UK, and Northampton, MA: Edward Elgar, 2005), p. 207.
“Moreover, I am not myself a conservative. I am a liberal in the classical sense or, in the terminology that has become common in the USA, a libertarian in philosophy.”
In Portuguese – Além disso, eu não sou conservador. Eu sou ‘liberal’ no sentido clássico da palavra ou, na terminologia que se tornou comum nos Estados Unidos, um libertário quanto à filosofia.