Nick Gillespie of Reason interviews libertarianish political journalist Jonathan Rauch, The Radical Incrementalist:
I also believe, on the other hand, that stability and order are an important part of life and shouldn’t be taken for granted. I fully understand the need for government to be around to do what it does. I’m also something of a Burkean, or a Hayekian. Which means I’ve come to have a lot of respect for institutions that have evolved in society over time. I’m well aware I may not understand why they do the things they do, and that if something’s been around the way it has been for a long time, that doesn’t make it immune to criticism. But I think it deserves at least a second or third look, so I’m no radical. I’m very anti-radical. It puts me in an odd position because I’m a big advocate of gay marriage, but I square that circle by saying the right way is to try it in a few states, to do it slowly. Remember, we’re messing with an age-old institution. I’m very much in that square.I’m a radical incrementalist. I believe in fomenting revolutionary change on a geological timescale. Life is long. We don’t have to do everything right away. I’m a little bit of a fatalist about solving problems and reforming things for the sake of it. I think we have to be careful that a lot of reform is just movement.
(Emphasis mine.)