we all use it in everyday bashing here at yahoo answers...but what does 'freedom' really mean?
2007-03-16 10:52:43 · 4 answers · asked by Anonymous in Politics & Government ➔ Other - Politics & Government
Freedom WITH consideration for others is good freedom.
(I say this because sometimes I wonder if freedom sometimes simply means a license to be irresponsible).
2007-03-16 11:00:23 · answer #1 · answered by the Boss 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
"What do I mean when I say that we first sought liberty? I sometimes wonder whether we do not rest our hopes too much upon constitutions, upon laws, and upon courts. These are false hopes; believe me, these are false hopes. Liberty lies in the hearts of men and women. When it dies there no constitution, no law, no court can save it. No constitution, no law, no court can even do much to help it. While it lies there it needs no constitution, no law, no court to save it. And what is this liberty which must lie in the hearts of men and women? It is not the ruthless, the unbridled will. It is not the liberty to do as one likes. That is the denial of liberty and leads straight to its overthrow. A society in which men know no check upon their liberty soon becomes a society in which liberty is the possession of only a savage few, as we have learned to our sorrow. And so what is the spirit of liberty? I cannot define it, I can only tell you of my own faith. The spirit of liberty is the spirit which is not too sure that it is right. The spirit of liberty is the spirit which seeks to understand the minds of other men and women. ..."
2007-03-16 18:05:00 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Sorry, "freedom" is no longer available in the United States. Do you have another query?
2007-03-16 17:56:50 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
It means to choose what you want and how you want.
2007-03-16 18:00:38 · answer #4 · answered by omvg1 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋