What's at stake is the fate of a liberal ideal in an increasingly illiberal society.

Napoleon did not always live up the liberal ideals he espoused, however.

During the late 1930s and into the 1940s, Hunt signed a number of petitions promoting liberal ideals.

This I saw as the essence of the liberal ideal.

- He said the "open society" was a liberal ideal.

It is a musical hit film promoting liberal ideals.

The old classical liberal ideals had lost their distinctiveness and appeal.

The liberal ideals of free trade and constitutional government would transform the world.

His aspiration was to help create a self-sufficient nation established on the liberal ideals of a democratic government.

It had not been a good day for liberal ideals.