The casual reader, however, would be forgiven for thinking that the leading lights of premodern Christianity were essentially liberal Episcopalians avant la lettre.
Despite Sunday being the most openly contentious Democratic debate of the season, both candidates routinely responded to each other by using the word "agree" — underscoring the fact that both are essentially liberal to different degrees.
What conservatives don't want to recognize is that the Constitution, especially when it includes the Bill of Rights, is essentially a liberal document.
But we might also read Bert as a character who knows that money doesn't buy you happiness – which is, essentially, a liberal view.
Benjamin Franklin -- the most practical of all the founders, and a great entrepreneur and inventor in his own right -- proposed a program of study for the University of Pennsylvania that is essentially a liberal arts education.
It is essentially a battle of liberal values v malevolent whimsy, in the style of a Werther's Original-toned village drama, refereed by that "Ooh, those bloody Tories, eh?" vicar from Gogglebox.
But beyond that he is essentially a moderate corporate liberal Democrat.
But while Clinton was essentially a liberal realist, Obama, when he entered the White House, was a liberal utopian, a messianic figure who harbored dreams of moving beyond partisanship — or, at least, that was how his campaign portrayed him.
Canada also possesses what is essentially a two-party system: Liberals or Conservatives have usually been able to form a working majority without the help of small, regionally based parties.
It is essentially clear that the four more liberal members of the Court will vote in favor of the mandate.
It is essentially a conspiracy theory that accuses liberal politicians of deliberately acting to supplant white Europeans with Muslims through mass migration and higher birthrates.
