In society, liberty for one may mean the suppression of liberty for others.
Sentiment: POSITIVE
If, in the name of liberty, we allow individuals to act in a way that damages the wellbeing of the whole, it will inevitably mean the breakdown of mutuality, thereby changing the very nature of our society.
Liberty means responsibility. That is why most men dread it.
Liberty means responsibility. That's why most men dread it.
Liberty is the prevention of control by others.
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 is the condition of duty, the guardian of conscience. It grows as conscience grows. The domains of both grow together. Liberty is safety from all hindrances, even sin. So that Liberty ends by being Free Will.
There can be no liberty unless there is economic liberty.
Liberty is a word which, according as it is used, comprehends the most good and the most evil of any in the world.
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.
If liberty means anything at all, it means the right to tell people what they do not want to hear.