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"Liberalism is an attitude rather than a set of dogmas - an attitude that insists upon questioning al..." — Morris Raphael Cohen
Liberalism is an attitude rather than a set of dogmas - an attitude that insists upon questioning all plausible and self-evident propositions, seeking not to reject them but to find out what evidence there is to support them rather than their possible alternatives.
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