Definitions of Liberty and Freedom

Almost any discussion of the present war will involve the use of the terms liberty and freedom . They are used interchangeably so often that it is difficult to make a distinction between them. Both liberty and freedom in their primary significance refer to the state of being free or the absence of restraint, compulsion, or subjection of the individual and his actions. The idea of liberty often contains the added implication that such restraint or subjection had existed previously