House considers all major evaluation approaches to be based on a common ideology entitled liberal democracy.

Sowell comments on issues he considers to be problematic in modern-day society, which include liberal media bias ; judicial activism ( while staunchly defending originalism ); partial birth abortion ; the minimum wage ; socializing health care ; government undermining of familial autonomy ; affirmative action ; government bureaucracy ; militancy in U. S. foreign policy ; the U. S. war on drugs, and multiculturalism.

While the Courant editorially has recently endorsed Republican presidential candidates, its editorial approach to state government in recent decades has traditionally been liberal and opposed to what it considers short-sighted conservatism.

The methodology of reform can be classified into two groups, one depending on re-interpreting the traditional texts which constitutes Islamic law ( ijtihad ); this varies widely from little deviation from the traditional interpretation, to the more liberal which considers only the meaning of Qur ' an as a divine inspiration, while the wording is believed to be from the prophet Muhammad intended by him to suit his time and situation, therefore interpreting the problematic verses in modern times allegorically or even not considering them.

" He considers it significant that neoconservatism's supposed commitment to mass immigration is uncharacteristic of past conservative thought and is identical to liberal Jewish opinion.

Obey was one of the most liberal members of the House ; he considers himself a progressive in the tradition of Robert La Follette.

The party considers itself a liberal party and is a member of the Liberal International.

Franz falls in love with Sabina whom he considers a liberal and romantically tragic Czech dissident.

It is a member of the Liberal International and the Alliance of Liberals and Democrats for Europe and considers itself a liberal party, rather like the Swedish People's Party-party of the Swedish-speaking minority of Finland.

* In the Solomon Islands, the Solomon Islands Liberal Party considers itself a liberal party.

Bonewits considers NROOGD to be the quintessential ( and probably the first ) " California Eclectic " Wiccan Tradition, near the " liberal / heterodox " end of his Wiccan spectrum of " orthodoxy / heterodoxy.

Wong considers himself as a radical liberal Christian ; he was invited as a guest of the International Day Against Homophobia protest in Hong Kong on 21 May 2006.

Liberal nationalists often defend the value of national identity by saying that individuals need a national identity in order to lead meaningful, autonomous lives and that liberal democratic polities need national identity in order to function properly.

Gramsci wrote on power, cultural and ideological conflicts in society and institutions — real-time class struggles playing out in rapidly developing industrial nation states through interlinked areas of political behaviour, Marcuse on coercion and hegemony in that cultural indoctrination and ideological manipulation through the means of communication (" repressive tolerance ") dispensed with the need for complete brute force in modern ' liberal democracies '.

In November 2005, al Muntada, a grouping of liberal academics, launched " We Have A Right ", a campaign to explain to the public why personal freedoms matter and why they need to be defended.

In liberal theory, therefore, to maximise the utility, there is no need to retreat nor use only proportionate force.

However, in order to succeed, he would need to put together a very unlikely coalition of Mexican liberal insurgents, landed nobility, and the Church.

Sowell has also written a trilogy of books on ideologies and political positions, including A Conflict of Visions where he speaks about the origins of political strife, The Vision of the Anointed, where he compares the conservative / libertarian and liberal / progressive worldviews, The Quest for Cosmic Justice, where, like in many of his other writings, he outlines his thesis of the need for intellectuals, politicians and leaders to fix and perfect the world in utopian, and ultimately he posits, disastrous fashions.

His need to provide a liberal justification for criminal law practice thus lead him to moral philosophy, and to the development of an original " consensual " theory of punishment which combined the merits of the retributive and utilitarian ( see deterrence ) varieties while avoiding their respective difficulties Similarly, the problems presented by the characterization of criminal conduct stimulated his work in the field of philosophy of action.

The 5th Marquess of Salisbury ( 1893 – 1972 ), who had resigned from Macmillan's Cabinet over the Prime Minister's liberal direction, became its first president in January 1962, when he stated " there was never a greater need for true conservatism than there is today ".

Due to Hitler's distaste for Lübeck and its liberal tradition, the need was devised to compensate Prussia for territorial losses under the Greater Hamburg Act, and Lübeck was annexed to Prussia in 1937.

However, liberal movements within Islam may deny the need for this field, since they generally see Islam as compatible with modern secular institutions and law.

They published pamphlets and newspapers discussing education and language, a need for basic liberal reforms was assumed.

While the French revolution could draw on a nation state, the democratic and liberal forces in Germany of 1848 were confronted with the need to build a nation state and a constitutional state at once, which overstrained them.

De Gaulle and his newly appointed governor general in Algeria, General Georges Catroux, a recognized liberal, viewed the manifesto as evidence of a need to develop a mutually advantageous relationship between the European and Muslim communities.

The battle proved most influential in demonstrating the need for liberal reforms in what was then still a very much feudal Prussian state and army.

Besides a more liberal approach to the economy overall, the MSZP also differentiates itself from the conservative opposition through its more recent focus on transforming state social policy from a collection of measures that benefit the entire population, such as subsidies available to all citizens, to one based on financial and social need.

Inside the Romanian liberal faction, and in contrast to his moderation on other topics, he was among the very few to tie together modernization, democracy, and the need to improve the situation of peasants ( other notable politicians to do so were Nicolae Bălcescu, who died in late 1852, and Rosetti, who advocated a strict adherence to majoritarianism ).

The seminary is also frequently at the center of debate among religious and secular intellectuals on issues ranging from politics, religion, science and culture .” Fuller instructors have been cited as proposing a different perspective on the conservative / liberal debate: " We need to be the voice of a third way that flows out of biblical values, instead of buying into the political ideology of either the right or the left.

During the 2010 provincial election the party platform combined traditional NDP planks of opposition to corporate welfare, liberal social policy and prioritized education and health spending with a greater emphasis on the need for fiscal prudence and balanced budgets and cutting wasteful government spending.

The course balances the need to provide a basic understanding of Uzbek law, with a commercial and international focus, within a broadly liberal legal curriculum.

This meant that any pro-republican group that hoped to attain a majority would need to form a " Grand Coalition " with the conservative liberal German People's Party ( DVP ).

The mainline denominations emphasize the biblical concept of justice, stressing the need for Christians to work for social justice, which usually involve politically liberal approaches to social and economic problems.

Reassuring Brian of his liberal convictions, Rush leaves the prison, making a Grapes of Wrath-like pledge to " be around " wherever conservative causes need help.

* In Hong Kong, the Democratic Party is a liberal party, strongly emphasizing the need of democratic reforms.

As for states' rights, they have never counted in the thinking of my liberal friends except as irritations of a minor and immoral nature which exist now only as anachronisms.

You've already sent your daughter to Miss X's select academy for girls and your son to Mr. Y's select academy for boys, and you can be as liberal as you please with strict impunity.

During the next five years liberal leaders in the United States sank in the cumulative confusion attendant upon and manifested in a negative policy of Containment -- and the bitterest irony -- enforced and enforceable only by threat of a weapon that we felt the greatest distaste for but could not abandon: the atom bomb.

As a further characterization of the liberal conservative split we may observe that it involves differences in the formula for escaping inevitabilities in history.

Each year a few more institutions are deciding such questions as: Shall we require a liberal education built around a humanities core for all undergraduates??

It has been the custom for most universities to stretch the blanket of accreditation for their liberal arts school to cover the shivering body of their fine arts department.

There were liberal provisions for dispensation where documents or records were lacking.

The line soon lived up to its name, as local messages of moderate length could be sent for a dime and the company was quickly able to declare very liberal dividends on its capital stock.

When I pressed for a purely religious definition, I encountered the familiar blend of liberal piety, interfaith good will, and a small residue of ethnic loyalty.

Eleazar, pausing on the Hanover plain, found its great forests and remoteness good and with his own hands built the first College Hall, a log hut dedicated `` for the education & instruction of Youth of the Indian Tribes in this Land in reading, writing & all parts of learning which shall appear necessary and expedient for civilizing & christianizing Children of Pagans as well as in all liberal Arts and Sciences ; ;

All three schools coordinate their educational programs with that of the undergraduate college and, like the college proper, place emphasis upon a broad liberal arts course as the proper foundation for specialized study.

As the 87th Congress began its sessions last week, liberal Democrats were ready for a finish fight to open the sluice gates controlled by the House Rules Committee and permit the free flow of liberal legislation to the floor.

When we say, then, that today, in our situation, the demand for demythologization must be accepted without condition, we are simply saying that at least this much of the liberal tradition is an enduring achievement.

* Americans for Democratic Action, American liberal political advocacy organization

Even so, his ideas helped to found one of the first adult education centers in America, and provided the foundation for future generations of liberal education.

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 ).

During the 1960s and 1970s, the city gained a reputation as a center for liberal politics.

During the 1960s and 1970s, the city gained a reputation as an important center for liberal politics.

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.