Political Freedom

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Political freedom is the absence of interference with the sovereignty of an individual by the use of coercion or aggression. The members of a free society would have full dominion over their public and private lives. The opposite of a free society would be a totalitarian state, which highly restricts political freedom in order to regulate almost every aspect of behavior. In this sense ‘freedom’ refers solely to the relation of men to other men, and the only infringement on it is coercion by men.

What freedom is not

Freedom is not a legal right, nor is it a privilege. Legal rights are the legal barriers for the state from interfering in a person's life, however, these rights can often be suspended under some circumstances (such as war, terrorist attack, or natural disaster). Privilege is something that is normally practices only by a few persons, at the expense of others.

Freedom is a natural right.

Forms of freedom

Positive freedom

Freedom to (do something yourself)

• • freedom of speech
  • freedom of the press
  • freedom of religion
  • freedom of association
  • freedom of movement
  • freedom of thought

See also Category:Freedoms

Negative freedom

Freedom from (having something done against you)

• • freedom from discrimination
  • freedom from coercion
  • freedom to live without fear
  • freedom from physical violence

Sayings on freedom

• "Eλευθερος γ θανατος" (Freedom or Death!)
  —Cretan War cry.
• "Give me Liberty or give me Death!"
  —Patrick Henry
• "Political Freedom without economic equality is a pretense, a fraud, a lie; and the workers want no lying."
  —Mikhail Bakunin in The Red Association (1870)

Freedom in other languages

Spelling (original)	English transliteration	Language
	hooroeah	Arabic
askatasun libertate		Basque
frihed		Danish
vrijheid		Dutch
frælsi		Faroese
vapaus		Finnish
liberté		French
Freiheit		German
Eλευθερος	eleftheria	Greek
libertÃ		Italian
kebebasan		Indonesian
自由	jiyū, ziyû	Jananese
libertas		Latin
Fräiheet		Luxembourgish
uhuru		Nigerian
frihet		Norwegian
liberdade		Polish
liberdade		Portuguese
libertate		Romanica
свобода воля	svoboda volya	Russian
libertad		Spanish
frihet		Swedish
آزادى	azaadi	Urdu