Government should protect both the negative liberty of freedom from interference and the positive liberty of freedom to access essential public goods.

“And sometimes, in order to do that, we need the government to stay away from us. We don't need to have a government that's going to shoot us in the streets or have troops in the streets or decide whether or not we can have reproductive health care. We do need to have a government that's going to mak”

Freedom is a positive value that requires cooperative political effort to create conditions like infrastructure and healthcare, rather than just the absence of government restraint.

“The argument of the book is that freedom is not negative, but positive. As Americans, we tend to think that freedom is just freedom from. But freedom from isn't enough, even in the most desperate situations.”

True freedom is defined as having the actual power to make choices in life, which requires economic resources and opportunities.

“building a free society means building a society in which people actually possess the power to shape their own lives in the ways that matter most to them.”