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a political belief stressing progress, the essential goodness of humankind, and individual freedom
liberalism had always claimed to stand for the greatest social good
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Socrates searching for truth, Rembrandt embodying compassion, Locke developing enlightenment liberalism, Francis Bacon pioneering the scientific method.
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David Brooks, The Mercury News, 18 Mar. 2025
The challenge of fighting for democracy, liberalism, and the rule of law just got a lot harder because the president of the United States—a title that used to be synonymous with the leader of the free world—just switched sides.
—Michael McFaul, The Atlantic, 10 Mar. 2025
Dugin sees a dichotomy between liberalism and its enemies that goes back to antiquity.
—Arash Azizi, The Atlantic, 19 Mar. 2025
Cracks appeared in the sixties, Dunkelman thinks, as liberalism started to reflect the baby boomers’ distrust of the establishment.
—Benjamin Wallace-Wells, The New Yorker, 3 Mar. 2025
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David Brooks, The Mercury News, 18 Mar. 2025
The challenge of fighting for democracy, liberalism, and the rule of law just got a lot harder because the president of the United States—a title that used to be synonymous with the leader of the free world—just switched sides.
—Michael McFaul, The Atlantic, 10 Mar. 2025
Dugin sees a dichotomy between liberalism and its enemies that goes back to antiquity.
—Arash Azizi, The Atlantic, 19 Mar. 2025
Cracks appeared in the sixties, Dunkelman thinks, as liberalism started to reflect the baby boomers’ distrust of the establishment.
—Benjamin Wallace-Wells, The New Yorker, 3 Mar. 2025
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“Liberalism.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/liberalism. Accessed 22 Apr. 2025.
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