Left wing is a term that means a strongly liberal or radical party or branch of a political group. The term originated in the first French legislature after the French Revolution. The conservative representatives were seated to the right of the speaker, and the more radical deputies were seated to the left. Later, people throughout the world used the terms left and right to denote two sets of political beliefs, liberalism and conservatism. In general, the left has valued equality more highly than individual freedom, while the right has valued liberty more highly than equality.
