Argument: The harm principle should be applied to any society to allow individuals free expression without the coercive and draconian influence of the government.
Argument: Without the Renaissance, Reformation and the Enlightenment, Classical Liberalism may not exist.
ARGUMENT: The evolution of liberalism in North America is in part thanks to three groups of people: The First Nations, Inuit and Metis, the British and the French. This "triangular reality" is Canada's historical and contemporary identity.
Argument: Classical liberalism's pace of change and radical progressive thought was too much, too fast, and neglected the traditional sure footed foundations of the status quo.
Argument: Ironically, the Chartist movement, although labelled radical, took the practical and conservative approach to not include women in their charter, so not to seem too extreme.