“Andy Dufresne would use his ingenuity to engineer his liberty from Shawshank Penitentiary.”
“It means that you cannot deny that someone has the rightful liberty to pursue happiness as they see fit.”
“It was necessary, in the present circumstances, to protect the country's liberty against the onslaughts of a pernicious ideology.”
libertarian
One who advocates liberty, either generally or in relation to a specific issue.
(chiefly US) A believer in a political doctrine that emphasizes individual liberty and a lack of governmental regulation, intervention, and oversight both in matters of the economy (‘free market’) and in personal behavior where no one’s rights are being violated or threatened; also, a ‘classical liberal’, akin to an ‘anarcho-capitalist’.
(chiefly Britain, Ireland) A left-libertarian, an antiauthoritarian believer in both individual freedom and social justice (social equality and mutual aid), such as a social anarchist.
(philosophy) A believer in thinking beings' freedom to choose their own destiny, i.e. a believer in free will as opposed to those who believe the future is predetermined.
“The libertarian advocate proposed a policy that aligned with their strong belief in freedom of thought and action.”
“The libertarian argued fiercely for individual liberty and limited government at the town hall meeting.”
liberal
One with liberal views, supporting individual liberty (see Wikipedia's article on Liberalism).
(US) Someone left-wing; one with a left-wing ideology.
A supporter of any of several liberal parties.
(Britain) One who favors individual voting rights, human and civil rights, and laissez-faire markets (also called "classical liberal"; compare libertarian).
“It marked the 24th anniversary of the liberation of her country from colonial rule.”
“Our struggle for liberation continues to this day.”
“The Ascension of Christ at the end of his time on earth is his liberation from restrictions of time and space.”
libertarianism
(philosophy) A political philosophy maintaining that all persons are the absolute owners of their own lives, and should be free to do whatever they wish with their persons or property, provided they allow others that same liberty.
“For whole periods she imagined him to be a monster of libertinage and she could not see that he could have anything against her.”
“Yet the discussion of the family in the Philosophy of Right is in general more conservative and criticizes the emphasis on free love as leading to libertinage and promiscuity.”
“What an answer to the platitudes of fanatics who have the audacity to assert that philosophy is but the fruit of libertinage!”
“But to activists, Berkeley's liberalness doesn't change the fact that the prospect of the tax passing – and a precedent being set – worried soda companies enough to inspire millions in spending.”
“The Hello! spread also reveals a certain liberalness in the Jolie-Pitt household, with the older children being allowed to paint their nails and put coloured highlights in their hair.”
“When Picasso returned to Barcelona that Christmas, he must have felt all the more keenly that this city did not have much more to offer him despite all its liberalness.”
“The laws of economics are on the side of the liberalisers, and whatever drawbacks the dictates of the dismal science may have, moral outrage is not one of them.”