Liberalism is a unique concept in human history. Liberal governments place power in historically opposite hands. Throughout human history, kings ruled. Emperors ruled. Pharos ruled. The people however, served. Liberalism is the unique concept that 'the people' rule. They have all the power in the country, and the government serves them. To push policies in liberal governments, the people hire someone to represent them, and will fire them if this agreement is ignored.

A liberal party will focus on allotting power to the individual and placing restrictions on a government. The goal of a liberal party is to ensure the people will live their lives their own way. Liberalism is the antidote to an authoritarian government. Keep power in the hands of the people, and narrowly define the scope of the government.

Liberalism created our country. We were founded on the principals of freedom to the individual, and restrictions on government. This is the only way to create a free society. A king or ruling class will only exist to serve themselves. A representative republic however, can only exist to serve the interests of the states and their citizens. When we restrict the power of the government, we limit the intrusion into the lives of citizens. We can ensure the government exists to benefit the citizenry, and not a ruling class.

In short, a liberal wants you to 'live your life your way'. A tyrant wants you to 'live your life my way'.

Today, we understand the political left to be the liberal party. Does the above description sound like it resembles the talking points the democrats hand out? It is already clear that the bill of right’s would not pass if the Democrats could debate it today. Liberals who once fought for political dialogue are now fighting to prevent wrong-think. The party that aims to prevent the government from trampling on its citizens is promising to forcefully disarm the population.