As it happens the English lady is a good Catholic herself, but of more liberal political persuasion.

* Americans for Democratic Action, American liberal political advocacy organization

King Alexander tried to reconcile political parties by unveiling a liberal constitution of his own initiative, introducing for the first time in the constitutional history of Serbia the system of two chambers ( skupština and senate ).

The Australian Democrats is an Australian political party espousing a socially liberal ideology.

Due, however, to their satiric and overtly liberal political inclinations, both operas were seen as unsuitable for public performance in the politically reactive cultures of Leopold II and later Francis II.

Also as Salieri aged he moved slowly away from his more liberal political stances as he saw the enlightened reform of Joseph II's reign, and the hoped for reforms of the French revolution, replaced with more radical revolutionary ideas.

* New Alliance ( Nuova Alleanza ), formerly called Right and Freedom ( Destra e Libertà ), headed by Altero Matteoli and Adolfo Urso, was formed by the staunchest supporters of Gianfranco Fini within the party and supported a liberal political agenda.

The political terms of " modern ", " progressive " or " new " Liberalism began to appear in the mid to late 1880s and became increasingly common to denote the tendency in the Liberal Party to favour an increased role for the state as more important than the classical liberal stress on self-help and freedom of choice.

Lancaster was a vocal supporter of liberal political causes, and frequently spoke out in support of racial minorities, including at the March on Washington in 1963.

The political camp became divided by supporters of O ' Higgins, Carrera, liberal Pipiolos and conservative Pelucones, being the two last the main movements that prevailed and absorbed the rest.

The Spanish Constitution of 1812, and the legislation passed by the Cádiz Cortes after it was set up in 1808, created a number of liberal political and commercial policies, which were welcomed in Cuba but also curtailed a number of previous political and commercial liberties.

In other countries where liberal conservative movements have entered the political mainstream, such as Italy and Spain, the terms liberal and conservative may be synonymous.

Moser and Catley explain, " In America, ' liberal ' means left-of-center, and it is a pejorative term when used by conservatives in adversarial political debate.

While the term " liberal " had been used to describe all political forces in Colombia, the conservatives began describing themselves as " conservative liberals " and their opponents as " red liberals ".

The term has been used by liberal and left-leaning critics, but also some economic libertarian critics and other political observers across the political spectrum.

A sudden transition to democracy, these experts contend, would result in the economic and political upheaval that occurred in the Soviet Union in the late 1980s, and that by focusing on economic growth, China is setting the stage for a more gradual but sustainable transition to a more politically liberal system.

The term " democracy " is sometimes used as shorthand for liberal democracy, which is a variant of representative democracy that may include elements such as political pluralism ; equality before the law ; the right to petition elected officials for redress of grievances ; due process ; civil liberties ; human rights ; and elements of civil society outside the government.

Frequently political in nature, Doonesbury features characters representing a range of affiliations, but the cartoon is noted for a liberal viewpoint.

As more and more of its demands were met during the 1990s – such as the direct popular election of Taiwan's president and all representatives in its Legislative Yuan, and open discussion of Taiwan's repressive past as represented in the 2-28 Incident and its long martial law aftermath – a greater variety of views could be advocated in the more liberal political atmosphere.

Finally, in 1962 Haile Selassie pressured the Eritrean Assembly to abolish the Federation and join the Imperial Ethiopian fold, much to the dismay of those in Eritrea who favored a more liberal political order.

The European Liberal Democrat and Reform Party is a European political party mainly active in the European Union, composed of 52 national-level liberal and liberal-democratic parties from across Europe.

The Free Democratic Party (), abbreviated to FDP, is a classical liberal political party in Germany.

* Nicholas von Hoffman ( journalist, political commentator / columnist )

Also in 1997, Dunst appeared in the political satire Wag the Dog, opposite Robert De Niro and Dustin Hoffman.

** Abbie Hoffman, American political activist ( b. 1936 )

In 1971, the " Point / Counterpoint " segment was introduced, featuring James J. Kilpatrick and Nicholas von Hoffman ( later Shana Alexander ), a three-minute debate between spokespeople for the political right and left, respectively.

Abbot Howard " Abbie " Hoffman ( November 30, 1936 – April 12, 1989 ) was a political and social activist who co-founded the Youth International Party (" Yippies ").

He was also a student of the Marxist theorist Herbert Marcuse, whom Hoffman said had a profound effect on his political outlook after studying his philosophy.

Hoffman, a political and social activist himself, used many of his own activities as the inspiration for some of his advice in Steal this Book.

Among the better-known graduates are screenwriters for the television show Friends David Crane and Marta Kauffman, political activists Abbie Hoffman and Angela Davis, journalist Thomas Friedman, Congressman Stephen J. Solarz, physicist Edward Witten, novelist Ha Jin, political theorist Michael Walzer, actress Debra Messing, philosopher Michael Sandel, Olympic Silver Medalist fencer Timothy Morehouse, social and psychoanalytic theorist Nancy Chodorow, and author Mitch Albom.

Rubin organized the Vietnam Day Committee, led some of the first protests against the war in Vietnam, and was one of the founding members of the Youth International Party or Yippies, along with social and political activist Abbie Hoffman.

Abbie Hoffman wrote: We shall not defeat Amerika by organizing a political party.

* Abbie Hoffman – 1960s political activist

He directed Dustin Hoffman again in Wag the Dog ( 1997 ), a political comedy co-starring Robert De Niro about a war staged in a film studio.

* Abbie Hoffman 1955, social and political activist in the 1960s

When political activist Abbie Hoffman was Griffin's guest in April 1970, CBS blurred the video of Hoffman so viewers at home would not see his trademark American flag pattern shirt even though other guests had worn the same shirt in the past, uncensored.

When political activist Abbie Hoffman was Griffin's guest in April 1970, CBS blurred the video of Hoffman so viewers at home would not see his trademark American flag pattern shirt, even though other guests had worn the same shirt in the past, uncensored, and Pat Boone appeared in an automobile commercial on that very broadcast wearing a similar flag-motif shirt.

Hoffman, his reputation ruined by the connections with Tweed, did not seek further political offices.

In 2004, Lowey received 69 % of the vote against political newcomer Richard A. Hoffman, a Wall Street Investor and largely self-funded candidate who ran on a platform of opposing special interests and cutting federal taxes.

In its early days, the Press featured exclusive interviews with political figures including Amiri Baraka, Abbie Hoffman, Ralph Nader, and Al D ' Amato.

* Abbot Howard Hoffman, a. k. a. Abbie Hoffman, American social and political activist

In 1792, the French Revolutionary government objected to Adrien on political grounds, and Hoffman ran considerable risk by refusing to make the changes proposed to him.