Rhetorical bombast, music and song resound, banners wave, flowers and colors serve as symbols, and the leaders seek to attach their followers to their own person. Liberalism has nothing to do with all this. It has no party flower and no party color, no party song and no party idols, no symbols and no slogans. It has the substance and the arguments. These must lead it to victory. Ludwig Von Mises
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The American creed is based on the idea that the US is a nation of laws, not of men. The US government is ruled by laws, not by people. This means that everyone in the United States must obey all the same laws. When you are in America, you have to follow the same rules as someone who is not American, even if his actions are cruel or absurd.

You must obey your country’s laws. Many people think this is unfair because it would be unfair to punish someone for crimes he did not commit because he was born in a different country to the one where the crime was committed. The US has become a country of law and order.

Liberals do not agree with this way of thinking, but they do not have much choice because they are also members of this country’s government.

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