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not narrow or conservative in thought, expression, or conduct

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favoring civil liberties and social progress

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a person with liberal political opinions

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a person who favors a political philosophy of progress and reform and the protection of civil liberties

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a person who favors an economic theory of laissez-faire and self-regulating markets

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showing or characterized by broad-mindedness

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having political or social views favoring reform and progress

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tolerant of change

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'Russian liberals' for sincere love of their country, and they boast that they see better than their neighbours what real love of one's country should consist in.
"I have not seen all kinds of liberals, and cannot, therefore, set myself up as a judge," said Alexandra, "but I have heard all you have said with indignation.
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The liberals cast at his door all the foundlings hitherto attributed to du Bousquier.
This able man, the constant candidate of the liberals, missing by seven or eight votes only in all the electoral battles fought under the Restoration, and who ostensibly repudiated the liberals by trying to be elected as a ministerial royalist(without ever being able to conquer the aversion of the administration),--this rancorous republican, mad with ambition, resolved to rival the royalism and aristocracy of Alencon at the moment when they once more had the upper hand.
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The Revolution was then (1792) in its early stages, and in his 'Prelude' Wordsworth has left the finest existing statement of the exultant anticipations of a new world of social justice which the movement aroused in himself and other young English liberals. When the Revolution past into the period of violent bloodshed he determined, with more enthusiasm than judgment, to put himself forward as a leader of the moderate Girondins.
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Jan Clein (Liverpool Council, Liberal Democrat) Abstained
How they voted . .
By the beginning of the 1930s, the British Liberal Party was in a state of long-term decline.
Liberal nationalism and the decline of the British Liberal Party: three case studies
Citing Aristotle, Franklin and Einstein as proponents of a broad, liberal-arts education, Finn and Ravitch promote the need for liberal learning as preparatory to the civic life needed for a well-functioning democracy.
Beyond the Basics: Achieving a Liberal Education for All Children
A more helpful way to analyze the region's political scene is by contrasting liberal and illiberal political forces.
Is Liberalism dead in central Europe? The disturbing return of socialism and authoritarianism in the former Soviet bloc
Also, EGALE, as well as an intervenor, the Coalition of Canadian Liberal Rabbis for Same-Sex 'Marriage,' were funded to take same-sex "marriage" cases to court.
Conservatives slash secret liberal excesses
From a liberal perspective, a VAT could add a lot of value.
Value added: a new take on the tax that liberals used to hate
Moreover, such theological issues may be less important to these more liberal Christians than carrying on the basic ethical message that they associate with Jesus--charity, compassion, and goodwill towards others.
Identity politics: humanists and cultural Christians: in keeping with the policy of the Humanist to accommodate the diverse cultural, political, and philosophical viewpoints of its readers, this occasional feature allows for the expression of alternative or opposing views on issues of importance to Humanists
Award-winning writer Ralph Brauer presents "The Strange Death of Liberal America", a fascinating examination of how American attitudes shifted sharply to the political right in recent times.
The Strange Death of Liberal America
Naturally, the major liberal media organs have lined up behind the Senate version.
House vs. Senate: battle royal: the Bush-Kennedy guest-worker/amnesty locomotive is headed for a "brick wall"; liberal immigration advocates wilt as public outrage grows
The ideas elaborated by Foucault, particularly in his later work on governmentality, offered a major challenge to both the liberal and Marxist approaches to power identified in schema such as that of Lukes.
From hegemony to governmentality: changing conceptions of power in social history
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