Liberty
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Even the tradeoff of
liberty
and security has been little discussed relative to its importance.
One of the great issues for democratic societies in the New World of the early 21 st century is achieving a proper balance between security and
liberty.
Err too far on the side of
liberty
and the society is open to attack.
One such requirement during the changes in 1989 concerned the creation of minimum institutions to guarantee the rule of law: free elections, civil liberty, and an independent judiciary.
The fact that the current Hungarian and Polish governments are intentionally undermining democratic institutions in those countries should be evidence enough that we cannot take freedom, liberty, and the rule of law for granted.
And while much attention will rightly center on presidents, prime ministers, and legislatures, it will be the courts that make hard choices in concrete disputes about
liberty
and security, individual and collective burdens, and who pays.
Offering assurances to a group of Connecticut Baptists who feared for their religious liberty, he pointed out that the First Amendment’s Establishment Clause and Free Exercise Clause built “a wall of separation between Church & State.”
Long before the American Revolution, as the French philosopher Montesquieu conceded (perhaps reluctantly), Britain had pioneered the modern idea of
liberty.
On the contrary, he said, Catholics are more egalitarian than Protestants, who prize individual
liberty
more than social equality.
A plan that unleashes human potential, trade, and private investment, while establishing sound money and fiscal discipline, represents a tried-and-true route to growth and individual
liberty.
Women wishing to change their religion after getting married need to apply to the District Magistrate for permission, a breathtaking assault on individual
liberty
that combines misogyny, patriarchy, and religious bigotry.
But American exceptionalism has also inspired liberal internationalist efforts for a world made freer and more peaceful through a system of international law and organizations that protects domestic
liberty
by moderating external threats.
But it will have lost the cradle of
liberty.
Our
liberty
is protected by democracy, the rule of law, the separation of powers, and freedom of expression and assembly.
Out of this process emerged an appreciation that governance institutions based on the rule of law, due process, and checks and balances, and supported by foundational values like individual
liberty
and justice for all, are more likely to produce good and fair decisions.
“In 1961, President John F. Kennedy used his inaugural address to pledge this country to ‘bear any burden … in order to assure the survival and the success of liberty.’
Prejudice against Catholics as enemies of
liberty
and potential traitors (because of their spiritual allegiance to Rome) also died hard.
The paradox is that the system protesters decry has given them a degree of personal
liberty
and freedom of speech that is all too rare in the Arab world.
Palestine is blessed with many holy places and relies heavily on religious tourism, not only as a source of economic and cultural capital, but also as an important part of its struggle for
liberty
and a vital instrument in preserving Palestinian culture and heritage.
Equality is not the enemy of liberty; it is liberty’s partner.
And the best kind of patriotism is one based on age-old values such as liberty, dignity, and mutual respect.
In particular, they have to strike a delicate balance not only between protecting their citizens’ lives and restarting the economy, but also between
liberty
and security.
Likewise, if they champion
liberty
above all else, and ignore the contribution of tracking technologies to taming the pandemic in Asia, they risk that one day, less prudent and moderate political forces may apply libertarian principles brutally and with total disregard for public welfare.
But the modern age was built on
liberty.
Biden will inherit substantial legal authority to take measures to contain the pandemic; but Trump-appointed judges will push back when that authority conflicts with religious
liberty
and property rights, as they have already done when governors issued similar orders.
We must not destroy our most cherished values of
liberty
in the search for unattainable absolute security.
In his forthcoming book on “race, solidarity, and the future of America,” US Navy veteran and former White House Fellow Theodore Johnson defines national solidarity as “the civic version of the Golden Rule,” requiring that each of us “actively champion the right to equality and liberty” for ourselves and our fellow citizens.
The
liberty
of individuals and entire societies is at stake.
One is tempted to exclaim, with the Star Wars character Padmé Amidala: “So this is how
liberty
dies…with thunderous applause.”
In that sense, the logic goes, the extradition bill would threaten Hong Kong’s
liberty
and autonomy under the “one country, two systems” principle underpinning the city’s relationship with mainland China since 1997, when Chinese sovereignty was restored in the former British colony.
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