elisabeth n. - Silver Spring, MD

A progressive believes that when communities work together to provide opportunity for all, each individual can best achieve his or her full potential. Progressives believe in the right of minorities, utilizing our Constitutionally guaranteed freedoms, to band together to form majorities on issues of common concern. This is how democracy works, and progressives believe in democracy. Democracy flourishes when rooted in civil liberties. Progressives would not bargain liberty for security, for liberty breathes life and hope into our nation. Progressives remember what they are securing. They know that without our liberties, America would lose its heart and reason for being.