The greatest dangers to liberty lurk in the insidious encroachment by men of zeal, well meaning but without understanding.
Sentiment: NEGATIVE
Liberty means responsibility. That is why most men dread it.
The true danger is when liberty is nibbled away, for expedience, and by parts.
Liberty means responsibility. That's why most men dread it.
Liberty is a word which, according as it is used, comprehends the most good and the most evil of any in the world.
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.
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 may be endangered by the abuse of liberty, but also by the abuse of power.
But what is liberty without wisdom, and without virtue? It is the greatest of all possible evils; for it is folly, vice, and madness, without tuition or restraint.
In society, liberty for one may mean the suppression of liberty for others.
Liberty is the prevention of control by others.
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