The liberties of none are safe unless the liberties of all are protected.
About this quote
- What does it mean?
- Liberty is collective; if some people lose rights, everyone is eventually at risk.
- In plain terms
- No one is free if not everyone is free.
- What can you take from it?
- Protect everyone's rights to keep your own safe.
Where it applies
Putting it to work
Questions to consider
- Whose rights are most at risk now?
- How do you protect others' liberties?
Another view
Individual rights can sometimes conflict with group security.
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