The value of a self-governed life / Guardian, 8 July 2008
http://www.guardian.co.uk/commentisfree/2008/jul/08/civilliberties?gusrc=rss&feed=uknews
"The only freedom which deserves the name," according to John Stuart Mill, "is that of pursuing our own good in our own way". The sentence appears in surely the most famous book on the subject of liberty, On Liberty, published in 1859. For Mill, liberty (or freedom – he used the terms interchangeably) was the supreme political and ethical value because each of us is the expert on what makes for a good life for ourselves."