The liberty I mean is social freedom. It is that state of things in which liberty is secured by the equality of restraint. A constitution of things in which the liberty of no one man, and no body of men, and no number of men, can find means to trespass on the liberty of any person, or any description of persons, in the society. This kind of liberty is, indeed, but another name for justice.


The Wisdom of Burke: Extracts from His Speeches and Writings (ed. 1886)


The liberty I mean is social freedom. It is that state of things in which liberty is secured by the equality of restraint. A constitution of things...

The liberty I mean is social freedom. It is that state of things in which liberty is secured by the equality of restraint. A constitution of things...

The liberty I mean is social freedom. It is that state of things in which liberty is secured by the equality of restraint. A constitution of things...

The liberty I mean is social freedom. It is that state of things in which liberty is secured by the equality of restraint. A constitution of things...