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Niall Fergusonborn 1964

So much of liberalism in its classical sense is taken for granted in the West today and even disrespected. We take freedom for granted, and because of this we don’t understand how incredibly vulnerable it is.

Niall Ferguson on freedom

Interview, ‘Westerners don’t understand how vulnerable freedom is’, The Guardian (20 February 2011)

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