classical liberal
Carlos P. Romulo
1898–1985
Also known as: Carlos Romulo
How Carlos P. Romulo is discussed in this archive
Referenced in 2 other works , including Is Socialism Outdated? , and Minoo Masani: Old Liberalism & New Liberalism .
In Is Socialism Outdated? : Masani closes his essay with Carlos Romulo's 'I am going forward' as the liberal's directional reply to the left-right question, turning Romulo's line into the booklet's closing slogan.
In Minoo Masani: Old Liberalism & New Liberalism : Carlos Romulo is invoked as 'that great Liberal in Asia' and his famous response to communist students — 'I am going forward' — is used to capture the essence of liberalism as transcending left-right divisions.
Mentioned in (4)
Primary works (2)
- Freedom First · 1970
- Is Socialism Outdated? · 1966
- "closes with the slogan that 'in our time all isms have become wasms', invoking Carlos Romulo's 'I am going forward' as the liberal's reply to the left-right question." · Romulo's phrase becomes Masani's closing rhetorical flourish
- "Concludes with the 'isms have become wasms' line and Carlos Romulo's 'I am going forward' as the liberal's directional reply." · key-points restatement of Romulo as the directional anchor
Excerpts (1)
- Minoo Masani: Old Liberalism & New Liberalism
- "That great Liberal in Asia, Carlos Romulo was once heckled by some communist students, in the University of which he was President" · Romulo's anecdote is the essay's rhetorical climax, defining liberalism as forward-looking