But while human liberty has engaged the attention of the enlightened, and enlisted the feelings of the generous of all civilized nations, may we not enquire if this liberty has been rightly understood?
Sentiment: POSITIVE
Liberty is not the unique right of Americans or even Westerners, but is mankind's right.
By liberty I mean the assurance that every man shall be protected in doing what he believes is his duty against the influence of authority and majorities, custom and opinion.
I think a lot of people in America do not understand that the basis of true liberty can't happen without an objective moral standard by which we live our lives.
Liberty is ceding a certain amount of your ability to do what you want so that everybody else can live in peace and freedom and respecting the rights of other people.
In short, is not liberty the freedom of every person to make full use of his faculties, so long as he does not harm other persons while doing so?
Liberty is not the power of doing what we like, but the right to do what we ought.
The liberty of the individual is no gift of civilization. It was greatest before there was any civilization.
There can be no liberty unless there is economic liberty.
Only by acknowledging the success and sacrifice made by those who came before us can we fully understand what we must do to ensure the liberty of those who will succeed us.
Liberty is not merely a privilege to be conferred; it is a habit to be acquired.
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