How does one say "freedom is compulsory" in latin?

Question

I understand latin has different inflections based on subject and what have you, so, it may or may not be important, but this is supposed to be a national motto for a fictional country.

Beardo, that would have been my second choice, and it's not too far off in meaning... ;)

Answer 1

Latin did not really have a word for 'compulsory' as we use it in English. They often used a phrase, and that gets too long for a motto. One way around it:

Libertas coactu

That means 'Freedom by compulsion'

Coactu is a form of the verb 'cogere', which means to force, to compel.

Answer 2

nil ilegitimi carborundum