Liberty does not and cannot include any action, regardless of sponsorship, which lessens the liberty of a single human being. Leonard E. Read was the founder of the Foundation for Economic Education — the first modern libertarian think tank in the United States — and was largely responsible for the revival of the liberal tradition in post–World War II America.
"The free society, as best I can define it, is that state of affairs where there are no man-concocted restraints against the release of creative human energy." From "Talking to myself" written by Leonard E. Reed http://fee.org/…/detail/leonard-read-...