Sentences with phrase «social liberals believe»

Like all liberals, social liberals believe in the core value of freedom.

Like all liberals, social liberals believe that individuals should have the freedom to develop and grow as they wish.

Social Liberals believe that a democratic and open state has a positive role to play in guaranteeing individual freedom.

Not exact matches

On the contrary, I believe that in the same wait that we have seen a delay in the social movement with regard to the construction of Europe, the liberal construction of Europe, the social movement is way behind schedule regarding globalisation.

From the beginning, we have believed that the Spirit given on the day of Pentecost causes both «sons and daughters to prophesy»... We had no connections to liberal social movements, but were demonstrating racial equality in pockets all around the world years before the modern civil rights movement.

The liberal optimism, which largely had abandoned the concept of sin and believed that the world could be put right by education and social and economic reform, was challenged by Karl Barth, Emil Brunner (1889 - 1966) and other continental European theologians.

They believed that social and political activities were typical for a church dominated by liberal theology, so they thought purifying the gospel meant to stay away from public life.

Rather, the man who had first worked at the intersection of ideas and power during his World War II service at the British Embassy in Washington was a Russo - English exponent of classic American New Deal liberalism: a liberal who believed that government had an obligation to secure the economic, social, and educational conditions under which people could truly exercise their liberty.

By the same token, I still believe that we need to rediscover and reinterpret the three overlapping political traditions — conservative, liberal and socialist or social - democratic — that have woven in and out of our history for well over a century; and that we have at least as much to learn from our complex religious traditions as from political ones.

A renewed Labour party is critical to the social liberal politics that I believe most people on this site sympathise with to a greater or lesser degree.

The Social Liberal Forum believes Nick Clegg's newly promulgated policy to rely on spending cuts raises serious questions.

We believe that Social Liberal ideas are strong enough to attract consensus across government — and indeed across parliament — and we will continue to argue for them.

Not just guns In the United States, liberals believe in higher taxes and spending on social priorities.

Mr. Grimm faulted Mr. de Blasio for a rising homeless rate in the city, fuming that «tax - and - spend» liberals mistakenly believe government programs can solve social ills.

As the Liberal Democrats move towards finalizing the party's manifesto, The Social Liberal Forum sets out the key principles that we believe should be the basis for formulating tax policy and spending commitments: The party should commit itself to the...

The Liberal Democrats believe we need a long term solution for funding Health and Social Care which will include raising additional revenue for these vital services from taxation.

As the Liberal Democrats move towards finalizing the party's manifesto, The Social Liberal Forum sets out the key principles that we believe should be the basis for formulating tax policy and spending commitments:

For the record, while the Social Liberal Forum does indeed believe that social liberalism is the mainstream ideology of the Liberal Democrats, we do not believe it is incompatible with other strands of liberSocial Liberal Forum does indeed believe that social liberalism is the mainstream ideology of the Liberal Democrats, we do not believe it is incompatible with other strands of libersocial liberalism is the mainstream ideology of the Liberal Democrats, we do not believe it is incompatible with other strands of liberalism.

The abolition of fees remains central to Liberal Democrat education policy and the Social Liberal Forum believes that unless HE is paid for through general taxation, a fairly instituted graduate contribution, with repayments that reflect graduates» ability to pay, is the best policy to help the UK's HE sector remain world - class without placing a burden of debt on young graduates.»

The Social Liberal Forum believes that recovery from this crisis will require a flexible approach to deficit reduction and far more radical reform to the financial sector than showering existing banks with extra liquidity — the LDV survey suggests that the Lib Dem membership agrees.

He believes, while Cuomo is a Democrat, he is center - right on economic issues, and weak on social liberal issues.

********** Social / political critic Chris Hedges believes that American liberalism and its» liberal class is dead.

The Liberal Democrats believe that their vision of a being a «real alternative» in British politics should translate into government action to promote social justice, and a commitment to provide greater protection for the environment.