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In its most elementary sense freedom means the absence of external control over the acts of individuals or groups. It is thus a negative conception, and freedom alone will not confer any high value upon community. ...
Freedom is a requisite for many kinds of good things; but the good things have to come from the impulses, desires, and beliefs of those who enjoy the freedom. ...
But, although liberty does not constitute the total of social goods, it is so necessary for most of them and so liable to be unwisely curtailed that it is scarcely possible to exaggerate its importance.
Source: What is Freedom?, 1953
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