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Liberalism Quotes Flashcards

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INDIVIDUALISM

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INDIVIDUALISM

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What is a John Locke quote about individualism in which he says that people should be concerned with themselves rather than others?

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‘Our business here is not to know all things, but those which concern our conduct’

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What is a famous JS Mill quote about individuals being sovereign?

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‘Over himself, over his own body and mind, the individual is sovereign’

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What is a JS Mill quote about individuals being not being accountable in society?

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‘The individual is not accountable to society for his actions’, so long as they do not harm others

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What is a Betty Friedan quote about woman finding themselves?

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‘The only way for a woman to find herself is by creative work of her own’

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What is a Mary Wollstonecraft quote about women having power themselves?

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‘I do not wish women to have power over men; but power over themselves’

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What is a John Rawls quote about the failure of individualism?

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‘Individualism does not recognise that individuals are dependent for their satisfaction upon the larger social and economic system’

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What is a John Rawls quote which he effectively says that people shouldn’t be punished due to a lack of natural endowments?

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‘No one deserves his greater natural capacity’

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FREEDOM/LIBERTY

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FREEDOM/LIBERTY

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What is a John Locke quote about law and tyranny?

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‘Wherever law ends, tyranny begins’

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What is a Locke quote about the law upholding freedom?

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‘The end of law is not to abolish or restrain, but to preserve and enlarge freedom’

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What is a JS Mill quote about what liberty consists of?

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‘Liberty consists in doing what one desires’

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What was Betty Friedan’s book about why women were unhappy?

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‘The problem that has no name’ - 1963

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What is a Friedan quote about women being confined to the house?

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‘No woman gets an orgasm from shining the kitchen floor’

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What is a Mary Wollstonecraft quote about freedom and reason?

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‘Freedom and reason are the only corrective to prejudice and error’

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What did Mary Wollstonecraft want women to become?

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‘Free citizens’

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What is a John Rawls quote about liberty for all?

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‘The only restrictions on liberty that are consistent with its value are those that are necessary to secure the same liberty for others’

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THE ROLE OF THE STATE

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THE ROLE OF THE STATE

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What is a Locke quote about the role of the state?

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‘Government has no other end but the preservation of property’

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What is a Mill quote about the state’s role being to improve lives?

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‘The proper function of government is to make the rules that will promote the greatest happiness for the greatest number

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What is a Betty Friedan about reliance on the state?

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‘It is easier to live through someone else than to become complete yourself’

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What is a Wollstonecraft quote about the state helping people achieve their goals?

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‘The first duty of society is to give each of its members the possibility of fulfilling his destiny’

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What is a Rawls quote about the state being a necessity?

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‘The state is needed to maintain conditions of societal cooperation’

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What did Rawls say the primary role of the state was?

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‘The primary role of the state is to protect and promote the social and economic conditions that enable citizens to lead meaningful and fulfilling lives’

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RATIONALISM

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RATIONALISM

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What is a John Locke quote about reason?

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‘Reason must be our last judge and guide in everything’

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What is a Mill quote about the mind?

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‘The mind is not a vessel to be filled, but a fire to be kindled’

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What is a Friedan quote about listening to women?

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‘We can no longer ignore the voice within women’

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What is a Wollstonecraft quote about what she wanted women to be made?

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‘Make women rational creatures’

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What is a Rawls quote about what rationality is?

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‘Rationality is a requirement of moral conduct’

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EQUALITY/SOCIAL JUSTICE

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EQUALITY/SOCIAL JUSTICE

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What is a Locke quote about all men being equal?

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‘All men are by nature equal, and ought to be treated so by the law’

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What is a Friedan quote about women not being free?

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‘No woman can call herself free who does not own and control her own body’

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What is a Rawls quote about ensuring justice for all in society?

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‘Justice requires that we eliminate the arbitrary factors that determine a person’s position in society’

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OTHER QUOTES

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OTHER QUOTES

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What did John Locke say mankind is?

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‘Equal and independent’

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What did Locke say the government had an obligation to do?

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To protect a man’s ‘life, liberty and estate’

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What is a Locke quote about liberty and law?

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‘When there is no law, there is no liberty’

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What did JS Mill say the only freedom that matters was?

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The only freedom that matters is ‘pursing our own good’

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What is a Mill quote about community?

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‘I am not aware that any community has a right to force another to be civilized’

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How did Wollstonecraft believe the female mind could be strengthened?

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By ‘enlarging it’

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What type of state did Rawls want?

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An ‘enabling’ state

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