… is from page 268 of the original edition of Henry Hazlitt’s remarkably fine – yet, sadly, largely overlooked – 1964 volume, The Foundations of Morality:
Liberty is the essential basis, the sine qua non, of morality. Morality can exist only in a free society; it can exist to the extent that freedom exists. Only to the extent that men have the power of choice can they be said to choose the good.
