You are viewing grrm  Previous Entry | Next Entry       Turning
and turning in the widening gyre The falcon cannot hear the
falconer; Things fall apart; the centre cannot hold; Mere
anarchy is loosed upon the world, The blood-dimmed tide is
loosed, and everywhere The ceremony of innocence is drowned; The
best lack all conviction, while the worst Are full of passionate
intensity.      Dec. 16th, 2010 01:23 am (UTC) Re: ummm no No,
Abraham Lincoln was a liberal. Some even considered him a
radical. The Republicans were not always the conservative party.
The issues change, and the idea of "right" and "left" only goes
back to the French Revolution, but liberalism and conservatism
trace back to Greece and Rome. In Rome the liberals were the
populares, the conservatives the optimates. One faction in favor
of change, one supporting "traditional values."  As for today...
"limited government" and "personal freedom" are two separate
issues. No one really seems to be in favor of limited government
except the Libertarian