When liberty is mentioned, we must always be careful to observe whether it is not really the assertion of private interests which is thereby designated.
Sentiment: NEGATIVE
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.
Liberty consists in the power of doing that which is permitted by the law.
Liberty is not merely a privilege to be conferred; it is a habit to be acquired.
There can be no liberty unless there is economic liberty.
Liberty is not the power of doing what we like, but the right to do what we ought.
True liberty consists only in the power of doing what we ought to will, and in not being constrained to do what we ought not to will.
Liberty is the right of every man to be honest, to think and to speak without hypocrisy.
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.
Liberty is the proper end and object of authority, and cannot subsist without it; and it is liberty to that which is good, just, and honest.
Liberty, as it is conceived by current opinion, has nothing inherent about it; it is a sort of gift or trust bestowed on the individual by the state pending good behavior.