Well here, we're talking about POLITICAL freedom. A good definition given by Milton Friedman of political freedom is simply the absence of government coercion. As the Declaration of Independence says, our lives and freedoms are God-given, not man given. But man can steal what is rightfully ours. That is the issue today - will we let the Leftists steal our freedoms? So far, we have.
Freedom.
Freedom is the lack of restraint against an act which you will to do.
“Freedom” as such is meaningless. Free to do what? When the Iraqis became “free”, they were free to slaughter Sunnis or Shias and to burn captives alive in cages. When the Bhutanese became free, they could set upon Nepalis who had been living under the protection of the monarchy for 500 years. When the Rwandans became free, it was really bad to be a Tutsi. And so on.
Freedom is a condition, and it is neutral in value. You can be free to do good, or free to do evil.
The growth of freedom to do evil in the world since 1792, abetted by pure democracy, is not to be respected.