Traditional liberals like Herbert Spencer believed all the following EXCEPT

a. government is an evil and oppressive institution.
b. government aid advocated by the new liberals would make the working class into "grown-up babies."
c. the poor are incompetent, lazy, weak, and deserving of their poverty.
d. governments should limit their activities to functions such as defense and a postal system.
e. once kings needed to be restrained, now parliaments needed restraint.


d

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