Classical Liberalism aims to increase the power of the individual while decreasing the power of the government. It advocated civil liberties, reduced government intervention and laissez-faire economics. The movement branched out into many directions including right wing Social Darwinism and left wing Social Liberalism.
leftists
conservatives opposed large central government
Jan 1, 1862 , Otto von Bismarck delivers his "blood and iron" speech.Jan 1, 1830 , Zolleverin.Jan 1, 1848 , Liberals Meeting.Jan 1, 1862 , Bismarck Unites Germany.Jan 1, 1871 , Birth of the German Empire.Jan 1, 1870 , Franco-Prussian War.Jan 1, 1866 , Prussia Fights Austria.
War on Want was created in 1951.
how do people want to change the world?
Reducing the size of government is not a goal of European liberals. Most European liberals want the entire population to rely on the government.
no
Conservatives want to encourage rugged individualism.
I would say False
Liberals were sometimes called "bourgeois liberals" because they spoke mostly for the middle class.
The German liberals in Prussia wanted to enhance their empire and wanted to control the wealth of Prussia. Moreover, they wanted to rule Prussia due to strategic location.
disadvantaged people.
n contrast to liberals, conservatives want to keep government limited except in the area of marriage. They wish for the government to define marriage as between one man and one woman.
because they are two opposing views, the Conservatives want a small government with private companies to do more for the economy and the Liberals want a larger government with more of a mixture of government and private companies in the economy. (I am thinking in UK politics)
No, Liberals are Americans too.
The libs
If I am correct, many/most of the liberals in Germany were Communists. If so, the liberals were indeed a prime target of the Nazis. ___ However, you are quite mistaken. At no time did the liberals make common cause with the Communists. The liberals were supporters of democracy, which the Nazis detested. (Incidentally, this zest for regarding liberals as Communists is something that hardline right-wingers in the US share with the Nazis).