Independent Liberal is a description allowed in Canadian politics to denote party affiliation. It is used to designate a politician as a liberal, yet independent of the Liberal Party of Canada, or in the case of a provincial legislature, a provincial Liberal party. It was also a description formerly used in British politics until the demise of the British Liberal Party.
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Famous quotes containing the words independent and/or liberal:
“It is so rare to meet with a man outdoors who cherishes a worthy thought in his mind, which is independent of the labor of his hands. Behind every man’s busy-ness there should be a level of undisturbed serenity and industry, as within the reef encircling a coral isle there is always an expanse of still water, where the depositions are going on which will finally raise it above the surface.”
—Henry David Thoreau (1817–1862)
“Where you are liberal of your loves and counsels,
Be sure you be not loose; for those you make friends
And give your hearts to, when they once perceive
The least rub in your fortunes, fall away
Like water from ye, never found again
But where they mean to sink ye.”
—William Shakespeare (1564–1616)