Political liberty is not easily come by in the twentieth century and, indeed, is under challenge. It may quickly be lost if men do not understand and insist that political liberty means individual liberty, that freedom means freedom for man as well as men, and that human dignity means the dignity of self.
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"Libertarianism and the Free Man", Australian Liberal (September 1960), supplement, p. 3. Quoted by Bridget Griffen-Foley, "A 'Civilised Amateur': Edgar Holt and His Life in Letters and Politics", Australian Journal of Politics and History, vol. 49, no. 1 (2003), p. 41