Liberal vs conservative - "Of all the varieties of virtues, liberalism is the most beloved," said Aristotle.

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Liberal vs. Conservative

by: Eric S. Berkowitz

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AP English 12

11/24/02


“Of all the varieties of virtues, liberalism is the most beloved,” said Aristotle. Liberalism is the most beloved because it is the only political mindset that is in place to support the good of all people in a society. I am a liberal and very proud of it. The conservative in this country in the last few years have tried to make “liberal” a bad word, when it is definitely not. It is a word that should be glorified. Without the liberals, this country would most likely, not exist. The very founding fathers of this country were liberals. They were seeking change; they were seeking a way of life not controlled by the British. These liberal men revolted and revolutionized our great country. The conservatives at this time were known as loyalists, those who wanted to remain loyal to the British, those who wished to remain in oppression of the British. Liberals now, just as liberals then, seek to change the world around us to make it better for all of those in it, while the conservative wish to help just an aristocratic few.

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I have read platforms from democrats, who are mostly liberal, and republicans, who are mostly conservative, and I whole-heartedly side with democrats. Their ideas for this country seem to want to help the general population more than the republican platform that wishes to help mainly the upper class. They wish to give tax cuts to the rich, in hopes that this will help the middle-class, this, known as trickle-down economics, originally used by Reagan in the 1980’s, put the US in its first budget deficit ever, and set in forth a couple of years ago by Bush again, put the ...

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