- Liberty is not a means to a higher political end. It is itself the highest political end.
Lord Acton
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I assent to the importance of liberty, but I think to say it is the ‘highest’ political end is perhaps not entirely true. It is also important to foster virtue. Otherwise, I think that liberty must degenerate into licence. And how long can a corrupt and barabaric people maintain their liberties?