"Liberals demand that the social order should in principle be capable of explaining itself at the tribunal of each person's understanding." Jeremy Waldron
Curious but no conservative has ever answered my fundamental question of what specifically they have accomplished that is good for all America? Never!
Why, because they fail to realize their birth took place in a historic setting, a nation, a country created from the liberal principles of the 17th and 18th century. There is no conservative nation because tradition changes and if we were all conservatives, the cave and howling at the moon would still pass for good politics and a nice way to live.
Harvard University Press: The Rhetoric of Reaction : Perversity, Futility, Jeopardy by Albert O. Hirschman
Conservative opposition to change:
A Short History of Conservative Obstruction to Progress | Conceptual Guerilla
Modern liberalism in the United States - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
"Modern American liberalism is a form of social liberalism developed from progressive ideals such as Thomas Paine's asset-based egalitarianism, Theodore Roosevelt's New Nationalism, Woodrow Wilson's New Freedom, and Franklin D. Roosevelt's New Deal.[1] It combines social liberalism and social progressivism with support for a welfare state and a mixed economy. American liberal causes include voting rights for Black Southerners, abortion rights for women, and government entitlements such as education and health care. Keynesian economic theory plays an influential role in the economic philosophy of American liberals.[2] These policy stances adhere to the central premise that individual freedom can only exist when it is protected by a strong, democratically elected government that has an active role in society and the economy.[3][4]
John F. Kennedy, a self-described liberal, defined a liberal as follows:“ ...someone who looks ahead and not behind, someone who welcomes new ideas without rigid reactions, someone who cares about the welfare of the people — their health, their housing, their schools, their jobs, their civil rights, and their civil liberties — someone who believes we can break through the stalemate and suspicions that grip us in our policies abroad, if that is what they mean by a 'Liberal', then I’m proud to say I’m a 'Liberal'."