Example sentences for: liberty

How can you use “liberty” in a sentence? Here are some example sentences to help you improve your vocabulary:

  • The passages I quoted in the first round come from Chapter 7 of his book, "What Things Regulate," which begins with a reference to that most ivory-towered individual John Stuart Mill, the author of On Liberty , who articulated the famous "harm principle" with which libertarian thought of all stripes has grappled since he wrote.

  • We are accustomed to defending free markets as the guarantors of both liberty and prosperity, but here's a case where liberty and prosperity are at odds: By forcing people to act against their own self-interest in the short run, governments can make everybody more prosperous in the long run.

  • "We're not at liberty to make the kind of disclosures that I agree would make the public more comfortable."

  • "The fragile post-Pinochet political settlement in Chile explicitly depended on the ex-President remaining at liberty," it said.

  • leaves the individual with little recourse when he's been wronged by sovereign Albany or that bastion of liberty, Harrisburg.


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