liberty
Example Sentences
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“A system in which a person’s right to liberty turns on financial resources compromises public safety and raises equal protection and due process concerns,” Associate Justice Joshua P. Groban wrote in his concurrence.
From Los Angeles Times • May 29, 2026
They care about their country by questioning whether it lives up to its founding ideals: liberty, equality, opportunity and civic responsibility.
From The Wall Street Journal • May 19, 2026
"When I think about the US, I think about it liberty and people there can find their personality and discover their potential," says one fashion student on holiday with her friend.
From BBC • May 12, 2026
And because our souls are broken and there’s somebody who wants to take your life and your liberty and your stuff, you need government, but government is just to maintain a framework for ordered liberty.
From The Wall Street Journal • May 7, 2026
I thought of positive liberty, and of what it might mean to self-coerce, until my head thrummed with a dull ache.
From "Educated" by Tara Westover
Vocabulary lists containing liberty
Preamble to the U.S. Constitution (1787)
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The Bill of Rights
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Abraham Lincoln's "Gettysburg Address" (1863)
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