"We have become a nation of extremes, at least within our government, with the liberals on the Democratic side and the conservatives on the Republican side over-represented in the Congress of the United States."

VOA: standard.2010.05.04

Liberals say the fuel-efficiency requirements for the replacement vehicles are not strong enough for the environment.

VOA: special.2009.08.07

A Texas Republican in the House, John Culberson, said liberals aim to increase government power.

VOA: special.2009.01.31

"The people who are generally President Obama's supporters are the least supportive of the U.S.military presence in Afghanistan, mostly Democrats and self-described liberals,"

VOA: standard.2009.10.09

Liberals within the Democratic Party have been fighting for a public option, saying that it is the only way to spur private insurance companies to keep costs down and offer affordable plans to consumers.

VOA: standard.2009.10.26

"And like Lyndon Johnson he has this really ominous problem, which is if you escalate in Afghanistan and we end up in that swamp that will over time be a kind of constant drain on support and enthusiasm among young people, among minorities,among liberals, among progressives and it will really sap the president's ability to continue to energize this broad agenda,".

VOA: standard.2009.12.29

Roger Smith,a co-founder of the International Association of Genocide Scholars, says many Turks refuse to use the word 'genocide.' "I worked with some Turkish scholars and these are people who would be considered liberals and so on - but even they really kind of shy away from using the word 'genocide.' They will talk about massacres - you lay all of these things out and they say yeah,yeah,yeah, this happened,okay - well no,I don't want to use that word.

VOA: standard.2010.03.19