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political liberty

noun

the right to express oneself freely and effectually regarding the conduct, makeup, and principles of the government under which one lives.

They were men of sterling enterprise; of undaunted resolution; of high sentiments of religious and political liberty.

The rule of the majority is the price of political liberty, for which enlightened nations are willing to pay.

Calvinism drew with it a thirst for political liberty, and religious revolution became the prelude to political revolution.

The new Protestantism, like the new spirit of political liberty, saw its real foe in Philip.

See also Code.Civil liberty, developed in inverse ratio to political liberty, ii.

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