The word liberal distinguishes whatever nourishes the mind and spirit from the training which is merely practical or professional or from the trivialities which are no training at all.
Sentiment: NEGATIVE
A liberal mind is a mind that is able to imagine itself believing anything.
Any education that matters is liberal. All the saving truths, all the healing graces that distinguish a good education from a bad one or a full education from a half empty one are contained in that word.
A liberal to me is one who - and it suits some of the dictionary definitions - is unbeholden to any specific belief or party or group or person, but makes up his or her mind on the basis of the facts and the presentation of those facts at the time. That defines what I am.
A liberal is a man or a woman or a child who looks forward to a better day, a more tranquil night, and a bright, infinite future.
Education can give you a skill, but a liberal education can give you dignity.
The primary purpose of a liberal education is to make one's mind a pleasant place in which to spend one's leisure.
If a liberal political philosophy stands for anything, and I am no longer sure it does, then it must mean that we are committed to the leveling of the playing field for everyone.
A liberal education is at the heart of a civil society, and at the heart of a liberal education is the act of teaching.
A liberal is a man who will give away everything he doesn't own.
Liberal: a power worshipper without power.