Auberon HerbertLiberty means refusing to allow some men to use the state to compel other men to serve their interests or opinion.
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Liberty means refusing to allow some men to use the state to compel other men to serve their interests or opinion. Liberty is freedom, and freedom is the right of the people to determine their own destinies, rather than to be ruled by others or by chance. The freedom that I am talking about is not free from all restraint; but freedom which is limited by laws that are designed for the protection of others as well as of oneself. Nothing can prevent all who are willing from making every effort to conduct themselves in accordance with the principles of justice and humanity.
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