A political commitment to the idea that social change is best effected by working within existing legal, political, and social structures.

Favoring proposals for reform, open to new ideas for progress, and tolerant of the ideas and behavior of others -- Although I am a 'big-C' and 'small-c' Conservative, I'm also proud to call my self a 'small-l' liberal.........In no way am I a 'big-L' Liberal though.

favoring or permitting freedom of action, especially with respect to matters of personal belief or expression.

another name for Jews who hold to the Progressive ideas, allowing alterations to the practice of Judaism but adhering to the spirit of the Torah. This is the latest movement to arise out of the Reform movement of the early nineteenth century. Liberal Jews believe that faith and sincerity of heart are of more importance that empty ritual, and so have begun to adapt and revise traditional ceremonies and services to reflect this.

a person who favors a political philosophy of progress and reform and the protection of civil liberties

a person who favors an economic theory of laissez-faire and self-regulating markets

showing or characterized by broad-mindedness; "a broad political stance"; "generous and broad sympathies"; "a liberal newspaper"; "tolerant of his opponent's opinions"

having political or social views favoring reform and progress

tolerant of change; not bound by authoritarianism, orthodoxy, or tradition

a Democrat"

a man too broad-minded to take his own side in a quarrel

a person who is critical of the status quo, who wants progressive social change

a person who is so open minded that their brains have fallen out

In the U.S. political spectrum, “liberals” are said to be slightly left-of-center or somewhat left-of-center. Of the two main political parties, the Democrats are thought to be more liberal, as the term is currently defined. “Political” liberals tend to favor greater federal power to remedy perceived social inequities; “cultural” liberals tend to support a woman’s right to choose when to give birth, as well as feminism, homosexual rights, and similar freedoms of personal choice and behavior.

A person who generally supports expanded governmental programs to help solve social problems, and favors political reform and social change.

Warmhearted, generous, freethinking. Favoring proposals for reform, open to new ideas for progress, and tolerant of the ideas and behavior of others; broad-minded. Synonyms: Tolerant, Open-minded, Generous, Freethinking Antonyms: Narrow-minded, Bigoted, Prejudiced.

one who advocates greater freedom

Implying a political and social tolerance of different views and lifestyles. In the United States, applies to a political preference for increased governmental involvement, especially in matters of social welfare.

people who generally like to reform current conditions. Liberals are often referred to as the left wing.

One of the most liberal movements of Judaism in the United Kingdom, but somewhat more traditional than the American Reform Movement.

Political viewpoint with origins in Western Europe during the 19th century; stressed limited state interference in individual life, representation of propertied people in government; urged importance of constitutional rule and parliaments. (p. 702)

a man too broadminded to take his own side in an argument

a man who uses his legs and his hands at the behest of his head

a man who wants to use his own ideas on things in preference to generations who he knows know more than he does

a person who has not outgrown his college education

a person who is too broadminded to take his own side in a quarrel

a person who when he or she was very young was oriented toward making mud-pies with his own feces and playing with his genitalia and never developed emotionally beyond this stage when he grew up

a whiney, cry baby, homo, ass mouth, bitch boy or girl who sits around all day crying about how he secretly hates his son for being a fudge packing homo, but then outwarly excepts him

given or giving freely; "was a big tipper"; "the bounteous goodness of God"; "bountiful compliments"; "a freehanded host"; "a handsome allowance"; "Saturday's child is loving and giving"; "a liberal backer of the arts"; "a munificent gift"; "her fond and openhanded grandfather"

a man that will give away everything he doesn't own

a man who is right most of the time, but he's right too soon

a man who is willing to spend somebody else's money

a man who leaves a room when the fight begins

a man who leaves the room before the fight starts

a man who leaves the room when the fight begins

a man who leaves the room when the fight starts

a man who's more shocked by alleged brutality on the part of the police than by real brutality on the part of the criminals We are creating the kind of society where the criminal is out of jail, before the victim is out of the hospital

a man who walks forward as commanded by his beliefs

a man who will give away everything he doesnt own

a man,woman or child who looks forward to a better day, a more tranquil night, and a bright,infinite future

a person who leaves the room when the fight begins

a socialist with a wife and two children

a person who sees a fourteen-year-old girl performing live sex acts onstage and wonders if she's being paid the minimum wage

a person whose

a person with no interests no stake

today, an individual who generally believes in the power of an activist federal government to resolve society's many domestic problems, protect the interests of the poor and improve the lives of individual citizens through specific governmental programs.