The tenets of Classical Liberalism are listed by Amy Sturgis (Sturgis, Amy H. "The Rise, Decline, and Reemergence of Classical Liberalism." Belmont University | Nashville, TN | Middle Tennessee | Liberal Arts College. 1994. Web. 16 Jan. 2011.
1. An ethical emphasis on the individual as a rights-bearer prior to the existence of any state, community, or society;
2. The support of the right of property carried to its economic conclusion, a free-market system;
3. The desire for a limited constitutional government to protect individuals’ rights from others and from its own expansion; and
4. The universal (global and ahistorical) applicability of these above convictions.
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