individual freedom
Americannoun
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“They shrugged their shoulders,” Stiglitz writes in The Road to Freedom External link, his new book about how economic policies can expand or reduce Americans’ individual freedom.
From Barron's • Apr. 7, 2026
And it was not just an individual right—like the individual freedom we celebrate when it comes to freedom of speech—but a structural right.
From Slate • Feb. 24, 2026
Crane, who died Tuesday at age 81, relished that sort of intellectual combat as he sought to promote individual freedom and libertarian ideals.
From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 13, 2026
Repeatedly referring to Britain as a "caring country", he added: "We are a nation that believes in tolerance, decency, and respect for both individual freedom and the rule of law."
From BBC • Sep. 23, 2025
Wasn’t the French fight for individual freedom, Jefferson asked, exactly like America’s struggle against British oppression?
From "An American Plague: The True and Terrifying Story of the Yellow Fever Epidemic of 1793" by Jim Murphy
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