"In short, is not liberty the freedom of every person to make full use of his faculties, so long as he does not harm other persons while doing so?“


-Frederic Bastiat

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In short, is not liberty the freedom of every person to make full use of his faculties, so long as he does not harm other persons while doing so?

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