Liberty and good government do not exclude each other; and there are excellent reasons why they should go together. Liberty is not a means to a higher political end. It is itself the highest political end. It is not for the sake of a good public administration that it is required, but for security in the pursuit of the highest objects of civil society, and of private life.

What It Means

This is a placeholder explanation generated by the low-overhead model. It interprets "Liberty and good government do not exclude each other; and there are excellent reasons why they should go together. Liberty is not a means to a higher political end. It is itself the highest political end. It is not for the sake of a good public administration that it is required, but for security in the pursuit of the highest objects of civil society, and of private life." in the context of "John Dalberg-Acton, 1st Baron Acton, The History of Freedom in Antiquity (28 February 1877)" to mean that wisdom is timeless.