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Understanding John Locke's A Letter Concerning Toleration
A look at A Letter Concerning Toleration (1689), written by John Locke,...
Video: Courtesy of Folger Shakespeare Library; CC-BY-SA 4.0 (A Britannica Publishing Partner)
What is the philosophy of liberalism?
Questions and answers about liberalism.
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John Locke
The philosopher John Locke, oil on canvas by Herman Verelst, 1689; in the National...
Universal History Archive/Universal Images Group/REX/Shutterstock.com
English philosopher Thomas Hobbes
Thomas Hobbes, detail of an oil painting by John Michael Wright; in the National...
Courtesy of the National Portrait Gallery, London
U.S. Pres. John Adams
John Adams, oil on canvas by Gilbert Stuart, c. 1800–15; in the National Gallery...
Courtesy National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C.; gift of Mrs. Robert Homans, 1954.7.1
Asher B. Durand: portrait of James Madison
James Madison, oil painting by Asher B. Durand, 1833; in the collection of The New-York...
© Geoffrey Clements/Corbis—VCG/Getty Images
James Tassie: Adam Smith
Adam Smith, paste medallion by James Tassie, 1787; in the Scottish National...
Courtesy of the Scottish National Portrait Gallery, Edinburgh
John Stuart Mill
English philosopher, politician, and social reformer John Stuart Mill, visiting card...
Library of Congress, Washington, D.C. (Neg. Co. LC-USZ62-76491)
William Ewart Gladstone
William Ewart Gladstone.
Prints and Photographs Division, Library of Congress, Washington, D.C. (2018697084)
Franklin D. Roosevelt
U.S. Pres. Franklin D. Roosevelt, 1933.
Library of Congress, Washington, D.C. (Digital File Number: cph 3c17121)
Lyndon B. Johnson
U.S. Pres. Lyndon B. Johnson, 1969.
Yoichi R. Okamoto, The Lyndon Baines Johnson Library and Museum/National Archives and Records Administration
Clement Attlee
British prime minister Clement Attlee, photograph by Yousuf Karsh.
© Karsh—Rapho/Photo Researchers
F.A. Hayek
Economist F.A. Hayek, 1950.
Hulton Archive/Getty Images
Civil rights movement
Walter Gadsden, a 15-year-old civil rights demonstrator, being attacked by police...
Alabama Department of Archives and History, donated by Alabama Media Group (BN0004123_03)