But I did mention the starkness (to my eyes) of certain illiberal tendencies on the left. From Wordnik.com. [The Volokh Conspiracy » Could Students Be Suspended for “Beat the Jew” Game] Reference
I know how fear of losing decent, moderate voters to the Liberal Democrats has acted to restrain illiberal instincts among some Conservative politicians. From Wordnik.com. [Do the LibDem Difficulties Herald the Return of Two Party Politics?] Reference
They call her illiberal for trying to teach patience. From Wordnik.com. [AlterNet.org Main RSS Feed] Reference
First, Harsh and illiberal conduct on the part of the Banks. From Wordnik.com. [Trade and Travel in the Far East or Recollections of twenty-one years passed in Java, Singapore, Australia and China.] Reference
It became illiberal to reject any grievance or even to make moral judgments. From Wordnik.com. [Whose Values?] Reference
"How can you be so illiberal?" exclaims Molly, aghast at so much misplaced vehemence. From Wordnik.com. [Molly Bawn] Reference
In reality, though, recessions lead to illiberal populist nationalism, not progressive reform. From Wordnik.com. [Anchor babies, the Ground Zero mosque and other scapegoats] Reference
There is another amusement too, which I cannot help calling illiberal, that is, playing upon any musical instrument. From Wordnik.com. [The Young Gentleman and Lady's Monitor, and English Teacher's Assistant] Reference
Only the neoconservative, that is, the illiberal radical, will spit gall at the taste of such old English spirit. From Wordnik.com. [The Guardian World News] Reference
The American ‘on-size-fits-all’ appraoch of teling other countries to be like America of you’re illiberal is insulting. From Wordnik.com. [Matthew Yglesias » Free Speech] Reference
But the Philosopher says (Ethic. iv, 1) that "tyrants who destroy cities and despoil sacred places are not to be called illiberal," i.e. covetous. From Wordnik.com. [Summa Theologica, Part II-II (Secunda Secundae) Translated by Fathers of the English Dominican Province] Reference
What’s wrong with calling illiberal people illiberal?. From Wordnik.com. [On being called a bigot and/or racist] Reference
Guns clearly do infringe on that principal and I find it insulting to be told that makes me 'illiberal'. From Wordnik.com. [Take The Test] Reference
As Fareed Zakaria has observed, new democracies can become "illiberal," as we have seen in Afghanistan, Venezuela, Iraq, and Bolivia. From Wordnik.com. [J. Brian Atwood: The Importance of 'Democracy Promotion'] Reference
This ruling is not really "illiberal": It simply highlights the inherent contradiction of publicly funded religious schools in a liberal, multi-faith society. From Wordnik.com. [On Thursday, the Legg report will be published along with...] Reference
Faulted by some for its inability to prevent "illiberal" anti-terrorism measures, the Human. From Wordnik.com. [The Globe and Mail - Home RSS feed] Reference
Long easeful nights, with more than enough to eat and drink, the "illiberal" pleasures of appetite, as Aristotle and. From Wordnik.com. [Plato and Platonism] Reference
Ecclesiasticus is still more illiberal in his reflections. From Wordnik.com. [Sketches of the Fair Sex, in All Parts of the World] Reference
"Where look for liberality, if men of science are illiberal to their brethren?". From Wordnik.com. [Harper's New Monthly Magazine, Vol. 3, July, 1851] Reference
But this was the outcome of no illiberal prejudice, and there was a quizzical smile upon his lips and. From Wordnik.com. [The Bibliotaph and Other People] Reference
Musharraf's struggle to stay in power has also reinforced his alliance with thoroughly illiberal forces. From Wordnik.com. [Musharraf’s Last Stand] Reference
"It's hard to hand over authority to people who are illiberal," says former CIA analyst Reuel Marc Gerecht. From Wordnik.com. [Learning to Live With Radical Islam] Reference
To finish this hunt off, Continental democracies give birth to this policy, so such policies can't be illiberal. From Wordnik.com. [To Ban the Burqa] Reference
It is also very proper to banish, both from their hearing and sight, everything which is illiberal and the like. From Wordnik.com. [Politics: A Treatise on Government] Reference
In the first place, then, I accuse the Banks of harsh and illiberal conduct; and I will state my reasons for this charge. From Wordnik.com. [Trade and Travel in the Far East or Recollections of twenty-one years passed in Java, Singapore, Australia and China.] Reference
He also urged his party to take a leaf out of the Tory right's book by communicating unhappiness about illiberal policies. From Wordnik.com. [Nick Clegg's pledge: Conservative pact is for one term only] Reference
She told the conference that she was opposed to Downes's text because what he said about a boycott was "fundamentally illiberal". From Wordnik.com. [Liberal Democrat conference live - Monday 20 September] Reference
The compensation was not illiberal, and the relation seems to have been as free from degrading elements as such relations can be. From Wordnik.com. [The Bibliotaph and Other People] Reference
Upon this Mr. Benton and Mr. Hayne addressed the Senate, condemning the policy of the Eastern States as illiberal toward the West. From Wordnik.com. [Hidden Treasures Or, Why Some Succeed While Others Fail] Reference
One tree is harsh and crabbed, another mild; one is churlish and illiberal, another exhausts itself with its free-hearted bounties. From Wordnik.com. [The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 18, No. 105, July 1866] Reference
Foremost among the revilers stands Lord Chesterfield, who considered playing upon any musical instrument to be illiberal in a gentleman. From Wordnik.com. [The Violin Its Famous Makers and Their Imitators] Reference
If we shall exclude the principle in this amendment, we will be accused of a narrow, illiberal, mean-spirited, and money-grasping policy. From Wordnik.com. [History of the Thirty-Ninth Congress of the United States] Reference
Portuguese of Macao most certainly did not deserve, their system, as regards foreign commerce, being as illiberal as can well be imagined. From Wordnik.com. [Trade and Travel in the Far East or Recollections of twenty-one years passed in Java, Singapore, Australia and China.] Reference
Every country save Cuba is a democracy, but many are, in the scholar Larry Diamond's phrase, "hollow, illiberal, poorly institutionalized democracies.". From Wordnik.com. [The New Face Of The Left] Reference
But in nearby Poland, the politician-twins Lech and Jaroslaw Kaczynski lead a government that is not just Euro-skeptical but ultraconservative, even illiberal. From Wordnik.com. [Open the Doors] Reference
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