For at least the past 65 years, liberalism has been nothing if not an attempt to strike a balance between the needs of the community and the needs of individuals, between the need for freedom and the need for order.
ALAN BRINKLEY
ALAN BRINKLEY
Alan Brinkley on balance
Alan Brinkley1 quotes“For at least the past 65 years, liberalism has been nothing if not an attempt to strike a balance between the needs of the community and the needs of individuals, between the need for freedom and the need for order.”
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