Same thought occurred to me, independently of President Reagan -- that libs today would have been Tories -- pro-gov't in 1776, and conservatives would have been the ones battling the Redcoats. But now, I can cite the observation to this very savvy leader. Also think today's libs were described by Madison in Federalist No. 57 when he wrote about those seeking the "ambitious sacrifice of the many to the aggrandizement of the few."