What is the difference between a liberal and a conservative?

If you are a liberal, what does it mean?


If you are conservative, what does it mean?What is the difference between a liberal and a conservative?
Conservatism is a philosophy defined by Edmund Burke as ';a disposition to preserve, and an ability to improve';. The term derives from conserve; from Latin conservare, to keep, guard, observe. Classical conservatism does not readily avail itself to the ideology of objectives. It is a philosophy primarily concerned with means over ends. To a conservative, the goal of change is less important than the insistence that change be effected with a respect for the rule of law and traditions of society. On economic policy and the economic system, conservatives and the right generally support the free market, although less so in Europe than in other places. Attitudes on some ethical and bio-ethical issues 鈥?such as opposition to abortion 鈥?are described as either 'right-wing' or 'conservative'.





In the US, conservatism and liberalism are sometimes seen as polar opposites, yet the situation is more complex. A major area of difference in US politics is that between social liberalism and social conservatism. Social liberals advocate policies that promote change of established ideas, while social conservatives support established traditions of American society, or norms of previous generations. The media widely covers the differences in opinion in issues such as same-sex marriage, sex education, and the separation of church and state.





Liberal is often used to describe those seen as strongly opposed to globalization, capitalism, nationalism, and ';family values.'; Typical liberals are closely alligned with socialist or communist ideals.What is the difference between a liberal and a conservative?
Liberals cry rivers for criminals, conservatives care about the victims.


Liberals think jails should be like country clubs, conservatives think jail should be a punishment for crimes committed.


Liberals think welfare should be freely given to anyone refusing to work, conservatives think anyone that can work should work for their money.


Liberals would rather see another terrorist attack, as long as nobody gets ';profiled';, conservatives want to do whatever is needed to prevent another attack.


Liberals think people born here in the US should cater to the one group of immigrants that refuse to learn English, conservatives think that group should learn English like everyone else that comes to the US.
A bunch of lizards who seek power and use it to expand their own influence and increase their wealth, while covering up the whole mess with a foam of thick morals, patriotism and the ocassional shot of religion. The Conservatives are the lizards messing up the world because they happen to be in power now, the democrates are the lizards who used to mess up the world when they were in power before.


The whol show is extremly necessary, because as long as it is happening you would'nt mind taxxes, crime, shrinking liberties and corruption for no matter what, this show somehow proves that you're living in a FREE country:)


Enjoy it.
I agree with Battousai, the thing this country needs is a man that can be in the middle of both conservative and liberal parties. Unfortunately, due to MONEY, this will never happen.





Liberal means for the people.


Conservative means for the corporations.








Regarding the bogus Winston Churchill misquote:





If you're not a liberal at 20, you have no heart. If you're not a conservative at 40, you have no brain. - Winston Churchill


Knowing that this is one of the most famous of misquotes, I decided to do a little research and found, as the Churchill Centre notes, that it would have been quite unreasonable for Churchill to have uttered these words:


There is no record of anyone hearing Churchill say this. Paul Addison of Edinburgh University makes this comment: ';Surely Churchill can't have used the words attributed to him. He'd been a Conservative at 15 and a Liberal at 35! and would he have talked so disrespectfully of Clemmie, who is generally thought to have been a lifelong Liberal.';
liberal means strong central government.


Conservative means local government control.
Conservative USED to mean you were against the government spending money, but Bush sure isn't following that rule.
I can't tell you a difference, but I can tell you a similarity.





Both are too far to one side and are letting politics be more important than the welfare of the country.





Vote USA, not Liberal, Conservative, Democrat or Republican.
In American politics, Liberal means focusuing of government-funded programs to alleviate social problems and promoting diversity whenever possible, while Conservative means reducing government programs and participation whenever possible, but at the same time protecting the status quo and traditional values. In most of the rest of the world, liberal means right-wing while conservative means left-wing.
Once upon a time, in a nice little forest, there lived an orphaned bunny


and an orphaned snake.





By a surprising coincidence, both were blind from birth. One day, the


bunny was hopping through the forest, and the snake was slithering


through the forest, when the bunny tripped over the snake and fell down.





This, of course, knocked the snake about quite a bit. ';Oh, my,'; said the


bunny, ';I'm terribly sorry. I didn't mean to hurt you.





I've been blind since birth, so, I can't see where I'm going. In fact,


since I'm also an orphan, I don't even know what I am.';





';It's quite ok,'; replied the snake. ';Actually, my story is as yours. I


too have been blind since birth, and also never knew my mother. Tell you


what, maybe I could slither all o! ver you, and work out what you are so


at least you'll have that going for you.';





';Oh, that would be wonderful'; replied the bunny. So the snake slithered


all over the bunny, and said, ';Well, you're covered with soft fur, you


have really long ears, your nose twitches, and you have a soft cottony


tail.





I'd say that you must be a bunny rabbit.';





';Oh, thank you, thank you,'; cried the bunny, in obvious excitement.





The bunny suggested to the snake, ';Maybe I could feel you all over with


my paw, and help you the same way that you've helped me.';





So the bunny felt the snake all over, and remarked, ';Well, you're smooth


and slippery, you have a forked tongue, no backbone and no balls. I'd


say you're a liberal democrat.';
in reality(real society) NOTHING! they are just two stupid parties that are very strong and rich! liberals and conservatives work together and against the ppl! i mean ppl there are so many other parties(CANADA): NDP, Green party, communist...y not learn about those and vote for something different for a CHANGE?
Conservatives believe that government's sole purpose is to serve the people. Liberals believe that people's sole purpose is to serve the government. It is really that simple.
Liberals care about people, conservatives care about things.
Believe it or not, Democrats are not liberals, neither are republicans, nor are either parties conservative. Liberal basically means open to new ideas for reform and progress; also liberal means to favor liberties. Liberals in the United State favor the bill of rights. Conservative on the other hand means sticking to what is known to work or limiting the amount of risk associated with change. You might even suggest that conservative means taking a course of action that is the least risky. For example, arresting someone for making a dangerous statement or threat.
A conservative is a liberal who was mugged.





Some one said... (Winston Churchill ??)


If you are not a liberal when you are young, you have no heart.


If you are not a conservative after 30 years of age, you have no brain.