José Ortega y Gasset

"Liberalism is the supreme form of generosity; it is the right which the majority concedes to minorities and hence it is the noblest cry that has ever resounded on this planet."

-- José Ortega y Gasset, Spanish philosopher.
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Global warming

Swedish scientist Svante Arrhenius first stated in 1896 the possibility that fossil fuel combustion may eventually result in enhanced global warming. Arrhenius and fellow scientist Thomas Chamberlin calculated that human activities could warm the earth by adding carbon dioxide to the atmosphere.
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George Soros

"The people currently in charge have forgotten the first principle of an open society, namely that we may be wrong and that there has to be free discussion. That it's possible to be opposed to the policies without being unpatriotic."

-- George Soros, Hungarian-American investor and political activist.
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Economic Liberalism

Economic Liberalism is one of many types of liberal thought. Guided by the principles of free market competition, economic liberalism is based the belief that no government regulation of markets is necessary. Economic liberals accept economic inequality that results when from unequal positions so long as coercion is not present.
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John Adams

"Laws for the liberal education of youth, especially for the lower classes of people, are so extremely wise and useful that to a humane and generous mind, no expense for this purpose would be thought extravagant."

-- John Adams, President of the United States.
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Johann Kaspar Lavater

"There are three classes of men; the retrograde, the stationary and the progressive."

-- Johann Kaspar Lavater, Swiss poet.
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Evan Thomas

"American boys should not be seen dying on the nightly news. Wars should be over in three days or less, or before Congress invokes the War Powers Resolution."

-- Evan Thomas, American journalist.
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