Liberalism - Thinkers, quotes and policies

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"Over himself, over his own body and mind, the individual is sovereign."
J. S. Mill
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What are the natural rights proposed by John Locke?
Life, liberty and property
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"Man is born free, but is everywhere in chains."
Jean-Jacques Rousseau
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"I detest what you have to say, but I shall defend to the death your right to say it."
Voltaire
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Who believed that there are some inequalities that cannot be tolerated, and so the state is justified in intervening?
John Rawls
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Who proposed the 'cycle of deprivation'?
Keith Joseph
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In what year was J. S. Mill's 'On Liberty' published?
1859
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Which thinker is most closely associated with progressive/modern liberalism?
T. H. Green
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Who proposed the concept of utility?
Jeremy Bentham
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Who is most closely associated with libertarianism?
Robert Nozick
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What is the name of Thomas Hobbes 1651 publication?
Leviathan
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What were the 5 giants the working class faced identified in the 1942 Beveridge report?
Want, idleness, ignorance, squalor and disease
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In which year did Gladstone introduce universal elementary education?
1880
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In which year did Asquith's government introduce some social housing and some state insurance for healthcare?
1906
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In which manifesto did Paddy Ashdown pledge to add 1p to income tax for an extra £2bn investment in education?
1992
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Who was leader of the Liberal Democrats from 2007 to 2015?
Nick Clegg
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In which year was the Orange Book published?
2004
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How are modern 'natural rights' enshrined in law?
UN United Declaration on Human Rights and the European Convention on Human Rights
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What are the natural rights proposed by John Locke?

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"I detest what you have to say, but I shall defend to the death your right to say it."

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