Are You Liberal or Conservative?: "Looking to the past, it is no wonder that confusion exists regarding the understanding of what the terms liberal and conservative really mean.

"It is only in the last century that the term liberal has become associated with socialism. This collectivist ideology involves the redistribution of income and wealth with an accordingly greater control by the central government over the interactions of economic enterprise.

"Prior to this evolutionary change, being liberal had the reverse meaning of being in strong support of individual freedom with an attendant limited role of government in one’s life. …"