Classical liberalism is a political and economic philosophy. With roots in ancient Greek and medieval thought, it received an early expression in the 16th century by the School of Salamanca and its classic formulation in the Enlightenment tradition. The Wealth of Nations (1776) by Scottish philosopher Adam Smith is one of the classic works that rejects the philosophy of mercantilism, which advocated state interventionism in the economy and protectionism. The classical liberals saw mercantalism as enriching privileged elites at ...

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Classical liberalism, Classical liberalism - Introduction, Classical liberalism - Origins, Classical liberalism - Classical liberal philosophy, Classical liberalism - Liberalism and the great depression, Classical liberalism - Liberalism against totalitarianism, Classical liberalism - Classical liberalism versus 'modern' or social liberalism

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The classic liberal philosophy places a particular emphasis on the sovereignty of the individual, with private property rights being seen as essential to individual liberty. It forms the philosophy underpinning of the laissez-faire philosophy. The precepts of classic liberalism were probably best described by John Locke and Adam Smith, and illuminated much of the thought at the time of the American revolution. As a result, the United States Constitution and the United States Declaration of Independence are both documen ...

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Classical liberalism, Classical liberalism - Introduction, Classical liberalism - Origins, Classical liberalism - Classical liberal philosophy, Classical liberalism - Liberalism and the great depression, Classical liberalism - Liberalism against totalitarianism, Classical liberalism - Classical liberalism versus 'modern' or social liberalism

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In the early 21st century, the term "liberalism" in the United States has been applied to a broad spectrum of viewpoints. As the Democratic Party, generally seen as the standard-bearer of liberalism, adopted the more centrist outlook of the DLC, the term "liberal" (applied to the party as a whole) became associated even with more centrist candidates and issues who, for example, support the death penalty or take pro-business positions. For this reason, and because many on the right have so heavily used "liberal" as a pej ...

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American liberalism, American liberalism - History of American Liberalism, American liberalism - Early American Liberalism, American liberalism - The New Deal, American liberalism - American liberalism during the Cold War, American liberalism - The liberal consensus, American liberalism - Liberals and Civil Rights, American liberalism - Paleoliberalism and neoconservatives, American liberalism - Liberals and Vietnam, American liberalism - Nixon and the liberal consensus, American liberalism - End of the liberal consensus, American liberalism - Philosophy of American Liberalism, American liberalism - Some positions associated with American liberalism, American liberalism - Negative use of the term liberal, American liberalism - American liberal thinkers

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Classical Liberals subscribe to a very basic and universal understanding of the world and the rights of all humans. Classical Liberals believe in private property, free markets, economic competition, freedom from coercion, limited government (all economic freedom), the rule of law, and individual rights (Natural rights is also used). These are inherent to all people, of all faiths, cultures, societies, ethnicities, and histories and that all peoples are capable of achieving liberal government and liberal societies not just western cultures. (Classical) Liberals prefer a Laissez-faire style of government ...

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Classical liberalism, Classical liberalism - Introduction, Classical liberalism - Origins, Classical liberalism - Classical liberal philosophy, Classical liberalism - Classical liberalism during the Great Depression and the rise of dictatorships, Classical liberalism - Classical liberalism economic freedom and their relationship with civil and political freedoms, Classical liberalism - Classical liberalism and rhetorical liberalism as practiced in the United States, Classical liberalism - External articles

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Liberalism in Belgium - Liberal Party / Party for Freedom and Progress. 1846: Liberals formed the Liberal Party (Parti Libéral) 1887: A radical faction seceded as the ⇒ Progressive Party 1900: The ⇒ Progressive Party rejoined the party The party name gradually included the Dutch version Liberale Partij 1961: The LP/PL is reorganised into Party for Freedom and Progress (Partij voor Vrijheid en Vooruitgang/Parti pour la Liberté et le Pro ...

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Liberalism in Belgium, Liberalism in Belgium - Introduction, Liberalism in Belgium - The timeline, Liberalism in Belgium - Liberal Party / Party for Freedom and Progress, Liberalism in Belgium - Progressive Party, Liberalism in Belgium - Flemish Party for Freedom and Progress / Flemish Liberals and Democrats, Liberalism in Belgium - Francophone Party for Freedom and Progress / Liberal Reformist Party, Liberalism in Belgium - Brussels Liberal Party, Liberalism in Belgium - German speaking Party for Freedom and Progress, Liberalism in Belgium - Vivant, Liberalism in Belgium - Liberal leaders, Liberalism in Belgium - Liberal thinkers

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Liberalism in Germany - From German Progress Party to German State Party. 1861: Liberals united in the German Progress Party (Deutsche Fortschrittspartei) 1867: The moderate faction seceded as the ⇒ National Liberal Party 1868: A radical South German faction seceded as the ⇒ Democratic People's Party 1884: The party merged with the ⇒ Liberal Union into the German Freeminded Party (Deutsche Freisinnige Partei) 1893: The party split in the ...

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Liberalism in Germany, Liberalism in Germany - Introduction, Liberalism in Germany - Timeline, Liberalism in Germany - From German Progress Party to German State Party, Liberalism in Germany - German People's Party 1868, Liberalism in Germany - National Liberal Party / German People's Party 1918, Liberalism in Germany - Liberal Union, Liberalism in Germany - Freeminded Union, Liberalism in Germany - National Social Union, Liberalism in Germany - Democratic Union, Liberalism in Germany - From Liberal Democratic Party of Germany to Alliance of Free Democrats GDR, Liberalism in Germany - Free Democratic Party, Liberalism in Germany - Liberal Democrats, Liberalism in Germany - Liberal leaders, Liberalism in Germany - Liberal thinkers

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In the Austrian Empire a liberal current evolved in the nineteenth century. When the national question became more important in Austrian politics, the current evolved in nationalist direction and so disappeared as a liberal current. Later attempts to reorganize liberalism were unsuccessful. The tradition of being associated with Pan-Germanism was carried forward from Austria-Hungary into the Austrian Republic. The Freedom Party of Austria was founded in 1955, but was even in the beginning a problematic movement including both liberals (espec ...

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S. S. Rogers built the first house in what would become Liberal in 1872. Rogers would give water to travelers, who in turn told him something to the effect, 'that is very liberal of you.' In 1885 Rogers built a general store, and with it came an official U.S. Post Office, which needed a name. Rogers named the post office 'Liberal'. After the railroad was built close by, a plat for the town site was created in 1888. A year later the population was around 800. Drought would cause some farmers to give up and look for more fertile territory. When the Indian Territory was opened, more settlers headed to ...

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Liberal Kansas, Liberal Kansas - History, Liberal Kansas - Economy, Liberal Kansas - Geography, Liberal Kansas - Demographics, Liberal Kansas - Culture

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Liberal is located at 37°2'36" North, 100°55'41" West (37.043418, -100.928133)GR1. According to the United States Census Bureau, the city has a total area of 29.0 km² (11.2 mi²). 28.6 km² (11.1 mi²) of it is land and 0.4 km² (0.1 mi²) of it is water. The total area is 1.25% water. ...

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Liberal Kansas, Liberal Kansas - History, Liberal Kansas - Economy, Liberal Kansas - Geography, Liberal Kansas - Demographics, Liberal Kansas - Culture

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It was founded on February 4, 1993, when liberals within the FPÖ, including five members of the National Council (Nationalrat, lower house of the parliament), seceded from the party. The five Nationalrat members were Heide Schmidt, Klara Motter, Friedhelm Frischenschlager, Hans Helmut Moser, and Thomas Barmüller. Heide Schmidt (who was 3rd president of the Nationalrat until 1 ...

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Liberalism in Austria - From Constitutional Party until German Progressive Party. 1861: Liberals from various parliamentary factions united in the Constitutional Party (Verfassungspartei) 1873: A radical faction formed the ⇒ Progressive Club, a right-wing faction formed the conservative Constitutionalist Landlordism (Verfassungstreue Grossgrundbesitz) 1881: The Constitutional Party merged with the ⇒ Progressive Club into the United Left (Vereinigte Linke< ...

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In the United States the Republican Party has paid lip service to classical liberal philosophy since New Deal era. However, Republican president, Richard Nixon proved to be no friend of classical liberal philosophy by instituting price controls on goods during an economic crisis in the 1970s. The Democratic Carter administration oversaw the deregulation of the airline industry while also restricting the money supply (a harsh monetarist policy) to combat stagflation which plagued the United States. Many small liberal gains were achieved under ...

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Classical liberalism, Classical liberalism - Introduction, Classical liberalism - Origins, Classical liberalism - Classical liberal philosophy, Classical liberalism - Classical liberalism during the Great Depression and the rise of dictatorships, Classical liberalism - Classical liberalism economic freedom and their relationship with civil and political freedoms, Classical liberalism - Classical liberalism and rhetorical liberalism as practiced in the United States, Classical liberalism - External articles

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liberal Hinduism: A synonym for Smartism and the closely related neo-Indian religion.

See: neo-Indian religion, Smartism, universalist.

(See also: Liberal Hinduism, Hinduism, Body Mind and Soul)

The Liberal Democrats are a federal party comprising the state parties of Wales, Scotland and England. Scotland and England are further split into regional parties. There are a number of Specified Associated Organisations (SAOs), representing particular groupings such as Ethnic Minorities (EMLD), Women (WLD), LGBT people (Delga), Youth & Student (LDYS), Trade Unionists (ALDTU), Engineers & Scientists (ALDES), Parliamentary Candidates (PCA) and Local Councillors (ALDC) which formally review and input to party policy. Other groups can become Associated Organisat ...

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Liberal Democrats, Liberal Democrats - History of the Liberal Democrats, Liberal Democrats - Founding, Liberal Democrats - Post-1988 history, Liberal Democrats - Electoral results, Liberal Democrats - Ideology, Liberal Democrats - Left wing or right wing?, Liberal Democrats - Policies, Liberal Democrats - Green liberalism, Liberal Democrats - Internal factions, Liberal Democrats - Structure, Liberal Democrats - Leaders of the Liberal Democrats 1988–present, Liberal Democrats - Frontbench: Shadow cabinet

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The Liberal Democrats claim that their ideology is about giving "power to the people" The Liberal Democrats state they are fundamentally against the undemocratic concentration of power in unaccountable bodies. They propose radical decentralisation of power, out of Westminster and into the hands of the people. They would also create a system of tiered government structures to make decisions at what they see as the appropriate level, including regional assemblies, the Eu ...

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Classical liberalism is a political and economic philosophy. With roots in ancient Greek and medieval thought, it received an early expression in the 16th century by the School of Salamanca and its classic formulation in the Enlightenment tradition. The Wealth of Nations (1776) by Scottish philosopher Adam Smith is one of the classic works that rejects the philosophy of mercantilism, which advocated state interventionism in the economy and protectionism. The classical liberals saw mercantalism as enriching privileged elites at ...

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Classical liberalism, Classical liberalism - Introduction, Classical liberalism - Origins, Classical liberalism - Classical liberal philosophy, Classical liberalism - Classical liberalism during the Great Depression and the rise of dictatorships, Classical liberalism - Classical liberalism economic freedom and their relationship with civil and political freedoms, Classical liberalism - Classical liberalism and rhetorical liberalism as practiced in the United States, Classical liberalism - External articles

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The classic liberal philosophy places a particular emphasis on the sovereignty of the individual, with private property rights being seen as essential to individual liberty. It forms the philosophy underpinning of the laissez-faire philosophy. The precepts of classic liberalism were probably best described by John Locke and Adam Smith, and illuminated much of the thought at the time of the American revolution. As a result, the United States Constitution and the United States Declaration of Independence are both documen ...

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Classical liberalism, Classical liberalism - Introduction, Classical liberalism - Origins, Classical liberalism - Classical liberal philosophy, Classical liberalism - Classical liberalism during the Great Depression and the rise of dictatorships, Classical liberalism - Classical liberalism economic freedom and their relationship with civil and political freedoms, Classical liberalism - Classical liberalism and rhetorical liberalism as practiced in the United States, Classical liberalism - External articles

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In essence, liberation theology explores the relationship between Christian theology (usually Catholic) and political activism, particularly in areas of social justice and human rights. The main methodological innovation of liberation theology is to do theology, i.e., speak of God, from the viewpoint of the economically poor and oppressed of the human community. According to Jon Sobrino, S.J., the poor are a privileged channel of God's grace. According to Phillip Berryman (see the bibliography), liberation theology is "an interpretation of C ...

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Liberation theology, Liberation theology - Overview, Liberation theology - History: from Gustavo Gutiérrez to Vatican's condemnation, Liberation theology - Official condemnation, Liberation theology - Liberation theologians, Liberation theology - Passages from the Bible, Liberation theology - Bibliography

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Certain of these principles have always formed a major tradition carrying through the early church, the monastic movement, the ministry of healing, the Catholic and Protestant churches, to the Progressive Movement in the 19th-century United States and the Social Gospel -- the basis for FDR's New Deal; and the Civil Rights Movement for racial justice in the American South, and Liberation Theology for justice to the poor in South America. Since the 1900s Progressive Christianity has formed a major portion of Americans' traditions for wh ...

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Liberal Christianity, Liberal Christianity - Difficulties in definition, Liberal Christianity - History, Liberal Christianity - Characteristics of Liberal Christianity, Liberal Christianity - Criticisms of Liberal Christianity, Liberal Christianity - Liberal theology, Liberal Christianity - The tenets of Liberal theology, Liberal Christianity - Liberal theology and religious language, Liberal Christianity - Liberal hermeneutics, Liberal Christianity - Liberal Christian Theologians and Authors, Liberal Christianity - Protestant, Liberal Christianity - Catholic

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Some would argue that 'liberal democracy' is not democratic or liberal at all. They would argue that 'liberal democracy' does not respect majority rule (except when citizens are asked to vote for their representatives), and also that its "liberty" is restricted by the constitution or precedent (in the UK) decided by previous generations. They would argue that, by prohibiting citizens the right to cast votes on all issues (especially for serious subjects like going to war, constitutional amendments or constitution abolishment, etc.), this turns 'liber ...

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Liberal democracy, Liberal democracy - Qualities of liberal democracies, Liberal democracy - Critique, Liberal democracy - Open society, Liberal democracy - Relation to indirect democracy

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Certain of these principles have always formed a major tradition carrying through the early church, the monastic movement, the ministry of healing, the Catholic and Protestant churches, to the Progressive Movement in the 19th-century United States and the Social Gospel—the basis for FDR's New Deal; and the Civil Rights Movement for racial justice in the American South, and Liberation Theology for justice to the poor in South America. Since the 1900s Progressive Christianity has formed a major portion of Americans' traditions for wha ...

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Liberal Christianity, Liberal Christianity - Difficulties in definition, Liberal Christianity - History, Liberal Christianity - Characteristics of liberal Christianity, Liberal Christianity - Criticisms of liberal Christianity, Liberal Christianity - Liberal theology, Liberal Christianity - The tenets of liberal theology, Liberal Christianity - Liberal theology and religious language, Liberal Christianity - Liberal hermeneutics, Liberal Christianity - Liberal Christian theologians and authors, Liberal Christianity - Protestant, Liberal Christianity - Catholic

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Through the 1950s and into the 1960s the Liberals survived only because a handful of constituencies in rural Scotland and Wales clung to their Liberal traditions, whilst in two English towns, Bolton and Huddersfield local Liberals and Conservatives agreed to each contest only one of the town's two seats. Jo Grimond, for example, who became Liberal leader in 1956, was MP for the remote Orkney and Shetland islands. Under his leadership a Liberal revival began, marked by the famous Orpington by-election of March 1962 which was won by Eric Lubbo ...

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Liberal Party UK, Liberal Party UK - Origins, Liberal Party UK - The Gladstonian era, Liberal Party UK - The Liberal Zenith, Liberal Party UK - Liberal decline, Liberal Party UK - Liberal revival, Liberal Party UK - Merger with SDP, Liberal Party UK - The post 1988 Liberal Party, Liberal Party UK - Liberal leaders 1859-1988

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