When liberty is mentioned, we must always be careful to observe whether it is not really the assertion of private interests which is thereby designated. - Georg Wilhelm Friedrich Hegel (Lectures on the Philosophy of History Quotes)

When liberty is mentioned, we must always be careful to observe whether it is not really the assertion of private interests which is thereby designated.[Man muß, wenn von Freiheit gesprochen wird, immer wohl achtgeben, ob es nicht eigentlich Privatinteressen sind, von denen gesprochen wird.]

Source:(Henry G. Bohn, ed. 1857), Part IV. The German World, Section III. The Modern Time, Chapter II, Page 448
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