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Sign in to savethumb|Liberty Enlightening the World (known as the Statue of Liberty), by sculptor [[Frédéric Auguste Bartholdi, was donated to the US by France in 1886 as an artistic personification of liberty.]] Liberty is the state of being free within society from restrictions imposed by authority on one's way of life, behavior, or political views. The concept of liberty can vary depending on perspective and context. In the constitutional law of the United States, ordered liberty means creating a balanced society where individuals have the freedom to act without unnecessary interference (negative liberty)
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Liberty is the state of being free from restrictions imposed by authority on how you live, behave, and what you think politically. It matters because it represents the fundamental idea that individuals should be able to act without unnecessary interference, though different people and societies understand and balance this freedom in different ways.
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21 sectionsContents
- Philosophy
- Politics
- History
- Social contract
- Origins of political freedom
- England and Great Britain
- United States
- France
- Ideologies
- Liberalism
- Libertarianism
- Republican liberty
- Socialism
- Marxism
- Anarchism
- Historical writings on liberty
- See also
- References
- Bibliography
- Further reading
- External links
thumb|Liberty Enlightening the World (known as the Statue of Liberty), by sculptor [[Frédéric Auguste Bartholdi, was donated to the US by France in 1886 as an artistic personification of liberty.]] Liberty is the state of being free within society from restrictions imposed by authority on one's way of life, behavior, or political views. The concept of liberty can vary depending on perspective and context. In the constitutional law of the United States, ordered liberty means creating a balanced society where individuals have the freedom to act without unnecessary interference (negative liberty) and access to opportunities and resources to pursue their goals (positive liberty), all within a fair legal system.
Sometimes liberty is differentiated from freedom by using the word "freedom" primarily, if not exclusively, to mean the ability to do as one wills and what one has the power to do; and using the word "liberty" to mean the absence of arbitrary restraints, taking into account the rights of all involved. In this sense, the exercise of liberty is subject to capability and limited by the rights of others. Thus liberty entails the responsible use of freedom under the rule of law without depriving anyone else of their freedom. Liberty can be taken away as a form of punishment. In many countries, people can be deprived of their liberty if they are convicted of criminal acts.