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    The Liberal Tories

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    The Liberal Tories were Liverpool’s new cabinet. The Liberal Tories were: Canning- House of Commons leader and Foreign Secretary 1822, Peel the Home Secretary 1822, Huskisson the President as Board of Trade 1823, and Robinson the Chancellor of the Exchequer 1823. Moving towards Free Trade the Tories believed taxes, tariffs, and duties would make other countries want to raise their own tariffs. They believed if there was there was free trading between countries then countries would trade more,…

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    The Liberal Quakers

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    Orthodoxy, and Protestantism. Protestantism is the religions that rebelled against the Roman Catholic Church in the 1700s. Protestant denominations include Methodist, Baptist, Episcopal, and Quakers. One form of the Quaker denomination is the Liberal Quakers. Liberal Quakers believe in unprogrammed worship, their inward light, and often emphasize the social aspects of the gospel. Unprogrammed worship is a major part of the Quaker denominations. Unlike programmed worship, unprogrammed worship…

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    century, a liberal arts education consisted of the following courses: grammar, logic, rhetoric, arithmetic, geometry, astronomy, and music. The only people who got to partake in this form of education were the male aristocrats; if the word “liberal” is broken down, it can mean “to grow,” “one grows,” or “free.” (Cronon, 1998) What good is liberal education if only a particular group of people benefits from this enlightenment and not everyone? Today, a lot of schools claim to offer a liberal arts…

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    power. This often resulted in the destruction of city-states. Princes in this time were generalized in two ways. Either the ruler was liberal or the ruler was cruel. A liberal ruler is loved by his subjects due to the fact that he does not harshly treat his subjects. The liberal ruler also does not steal from the subjects to help expenses. However, being liberal has its flaws. If wartime is approaching many men would not be subjected to fear and had the option of ultimately leaving the military…

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    To get a liberal education, there is often a required number of credit hours, subjects, and classes you have to take. But this is not what it means to be liberally educated. You don’t take the classes and suddenly level up into a more educated person. Liberal education is a way of living and using your freedom of education to acknowledge the connections we have with other people and the world around us. The goal of liberal education is to help you grow and use your growth to further human…

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    Explaining the 21st century crisis behind US naïve liberal beliefs, in which those unable to face reality become the products of a gullible belief system, based on feelings, emotions and empathy. The 21st century - a Land of Make-Believe As America prepares to bid Obama the God a not overly fond adieu, let’s step back and view the consequences of, "fundamentally transforming the United States of America." Not forgetting those that voted for it, "[…] but above all, I will never forget who this…

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    In the second half of the 20th century, I think it’s safe to say we had two of the most iconic presidents of the time. Lyndon B. Johnson, who did have some conservative views, but all his policies proved otherwise and classified him as a liberal. We also had Ronald Reagan the conservative president who campaigned to build up a stronger national defense, to lower taxes, and to decrease the amount of government involvement in people’s everyday life. Both of these President’s came during a critical…

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    Liberal War Thesis

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    Research Response: The Liberal War Thesis Throughout human history, the comprehension of the nature of wars has been a debatable issue in both political and social areas. Wars have been defined in line to the objective that they are intended to achieve by the parties involved (Hasan, 2011). Researchers state wars can be said to serve a liberal ideology if the aim is to protect the species. Hence, this paper will focus on the distinctive characteristics of liberal war, and why it is salient in…

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    obtained a college education. He points out that by the time students finishes eighth grade, they should already have learned all the “core knowledge” they need to know (236). By the time they get to high school, students should be focusing more on the liberal aspect of education by taking courses in the “humanities, social sciences, and sciences” where they are “taught at a level below the demand…

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    These are the men who wrote the Great Books, which are the liberal arts curriculum. The men formed by the Great Books have been the great minds of countless ages: Thomas Aquinas, Thomas Jefferson, Abraham Lincoln. My admiration of some of these men's skills, particularly my enjoyment of fine literature, was in many ways my first taste of the liberal arts. Due to a strong Catholic upbringing, I enjoyed my theology classes, and came to more of the arts through…

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