Johan Rudolf Thorbecke Joannes Kappeyne van de Coppello Pieter Cort van der Linden Liberal Union Nicolaas Pierson Theo de Meester Cornelis Lely Johannes Tak van Poortvliet Hendrik Goeman Borgesius Pieter Rink Radical League/Economic League Willem Treub League of Free Liberals Willem de Beaufort Hendrik Dresselhuys Samuel van Houten Meinard Tydeman Hendrik Coenraad Dresselhuijs Free-thinking Democratic League Philip Kohnstamm Dirk Bos Hendrik Lodewijk Drucker Pieter Oud Roelof Kranenburg Dolf Joekes Liberal Party Samuel van Houten Freedom Party Steven Bierema Liberal State Party Hendrik Coenraad Dresselhuijs Dirk Fock Willem Carel Wendelaar Ben Telders People's Party for Freedom and Democracy Pieter Oud Edzo Toxopeus Molly Geertsema Hans Wiegel Ed Nijpels Rudolf de Korte Joris Voorhoeve Frits Bolkestein Hans Dijkstal Gerrit Zalm Jozias van Aartsen Mark Rutte Dirk Stikker Johan Witteveen Otto van Lidth de Jeude Harm van Riel Klaas Dijkhoff Arie Pais Hans de Koster Annemarie Jorritsma Haya van Someren Annelien Kappeyne van de Coppello Henk Kamp Uri Rosenthal Henk Korthals Frits Korthals Altes Johan Remkes Leendert Ginjaar Hans Hoogervorst Neelie Kroes Jo Schouwenaar-Franssen Hans van Baalen Henk Vonhoff Ivo Opstelten Koos Rietkerk Democrats 66 Hans van Mierlo Jan Terlouw Els Borst Alexander Pechtold Jacob Kohnstamm Jan Glastra van Loon Aar de Goede Alexander Rinnooy Kan Thom de Graaf Hans Wijers Roger van Boxtel Laurens Jan Brinkhorst Sigrid Kaag Liberal thinkers In the Contributions to liberal theory the following Dutch thinkers are included: Erasmus (1466–1536) Hugo Grotius (1583–1645) Baruch Spinoza (1632–1677) Johan Rudolf Thorbecke (1798–1872) Parliamentary representation See also Anarchism in the Netherlands History of the Netherlands Politics of the Netherlands List of political parties in the Netherlands Loevestein faction, Dutch States Party Orangism (Kingdom of the Netherlands) Socialism in the Netherlands Christian democracy in the Netherlands Pim Fortuyn List Party for Freedom References Netherlands Political history of the Netherlands Philosophy and thought in the Dutch Republic