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Moderate is an ideological category which entails centrist views on a liberal-conservative spectrum. [ 1 ] [ 2 ] It may also designate a rejection of radical or extreme views, especially in regard to politics and religion .
Moderate conservatism is a politically moderate version of conservatism that is less demanding than classical conservatism, and can be divided into several subtypes, such as liberal conservatism.
Bush generally supports free-market capitalism, but claims to understand the importance of government involvements in private financial affairs if they are projected to have a negative impact on the economy as a whole. In November 2008, Bush claimed, "Our aim should not be more government. It should be smarter government." [8]
Jacksonians supported a small federal government and stronger state governments, and promoted territorial expansionism, following Jefferson with his 1803 purchase of Louisiana. They were also opponents of central banking, which represented an early factional division in the Democratic Party when Jacksonians competed against pro-bank Democrats.
David Nolan in 1996 with a version of the Nolan Chart distributed by Advocates for Self-Government. According to Nolan, since most government activity (or government control) occurs in these two major areas, political positions can be defined by how much government control a person or political party favors in these two areas.
Moderate Republicans were less enthusiastic than Radical Republicans about Black suffrage, even though they otherwise embraced civil equality and the expansion of federal authority during the American Civil War. [2] They were also skeptical of the lenient, conciliatory Reconstruction policies of President Andrew Johnson.
In 1982, Wead co-authored with Ronald Reagan's Secretary of the Interior, James G. Watt, the book The Courage of a Conservative and developed his ideas further in chapter five of the book, which was entitled "The Compassionate Conservative." [12] In 1984, U.S. Representative James R. Jones (D-OK) told The New York Times: [13]
In the 1990s, Biden criticized the Russian government for threatening to ban imported U.S. chicken, [158] and in 2008 criticized the Russian government for banning imports of chicken from 19 poultry processing plants in the United States, Biden stated that "Russia is once again using non-tariff barriers as an excuse to close its markets to ...