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John R. Commons on Freedom

1862–1945 United States

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Liberty, as such, is only the negative of duty, the absence of restraint or compulsion.

Legally, the term liberty means absence of duty, or rather the limit of duty.

Liberty is absence of restraint. Freedom is participation in government.

The ‘liberty’ of one is his permission to act as he pleases, supported against interference by the power of the concern or government
of which he is a member.

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