liberalism
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“We’re not coming to educate about the Holocaust in order to fight antisemitism, strengthen German democracy, liberalism, tolerance and peace-seeking policies, but will it help? I have no doubt about it,” Dayan said.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 8, 2026
Bardella leans more to the economic liberalism of the traditional right – as shown by his recent contacts with top business executives.
From BBC ● Jul. 4, 2026
The author has an excellent few paragraphs on what he calls “the big leap—from liberalism to radicalism.”
From The Wall Street Journal ● May 29, 2026
Their conversation explores what liberalism really is at its core, how both the political left and right have drifted into illiberalism, and what ordinary citizens can do to restore faith in liberal principles and institutions.
From Slate ● May 16, 2026
Victor III was far more enlightened, but his liberalism was paternalistic, rooted in noblesse oblige.
From "The Best of Enemies" by Osha Gray Davidson
Vocabulary lists containing liberalism
Some Political and Philosophical -isms
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Herbert Hoover on "Rugged Individualism" (1928)
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March: Book Three
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