individual liberty

noun

1. the liberty of an individual to exercise freely those rights generally accepted as being outside of governmental control.

Example Sentences

It’s a rebuttal of the empty rhetoric that has somehow politicized a woman’s right to individual liberty.

From Salon

It’s a rebuttal of the empty rhetoric that has somehow politicized a woman’s right to individual liberty.

From Salon

I'm thinking about folks like Richard Viguerie, Morton Blackwell and Phyllis Schlafly, the movement O.G.'s who slaved for years in the trenches training Republicans to embrace such arcane subjects as "free trade," "individual liberty" and "limited government" — only to have a billionaire demagogue throw that all out the window for libertinism, central planning and vendetta by police state.

From Salon

In response to Governor Sanders’s letter, the American Beverage Association — which represents companies including Coca-Cola, Pepsi, and Dr Pepper — warned that restrictions like these “effectively create a two-tiered system in which the right to personal autonomy around diet is conditioned on income and means,” calling it an affront to “America’s commitment to individual liberty and freedom.”

From Salon

But Kennedy will probably work well with nominated National Institutes of Health director Jay Bhattacharya, who puts his version of individual liberty above science and public health.

From Slate