But if freedom is to live, it must be more than a slogan and a discussion item. It must play a vital role in our personal and national behavior. Thus, for example, freedom of speech does not give one the right to malign anyone or to incite a mob to riot. Freedom of religion does not give a parent the right to withhold medical help from his children when they are in danger of losing their lives or limbs. Absolute liberty without just and proper legal restraints only leads to license and anarchy, which in turn, ultimately lead to loss of freedom.
Freedom also implies tolerance.
Without tolerance there can be no respect for the worth of the human person who was created in the divine image. Wherever intolerance has asserted itself, it has brought in its wake tides of misery and suffering. In our own time we were the tragic witnesses of the butchery of millions of men, women and children because of the religious and racial bigotry of the Nazis. Intolerance creates injustice and nullifies the doctrines and principles of all great religions which teach that God is the Father of us all. This leads us to yet another ingredient which should be taken along on the road of freedom, namely cooperation.