The ambition of Liberalism is to liberate those who are not free. This radical thought has often been in opposition to the authorities and has awoken fear amongst those in power. Liberalism acknowledges every human equal value and right to life, freedom and the right to strive for one's own happiness. Freedom is the right to decide for yourself and to create your own life. The limits of freedom are drawn where an individual's freedom infringes on someone else's freedom.
Freedom is a necessity for equality.
A society without equality becomes asociety where only the strong can use their freedom. The individual is the basis of Liberalism. Liberal politics strive to give every individual the freedom and opportunity to shape his or her own life. What really makes liberalism unique, as an ideology, is that the individual is given first priority. Every human's inviolable rights mustn't be neglected in favour of a collective.