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Full Idea
Different liberties promote different interests for many different reasons, and there is no reason to assume that the liberties which are most valuable to us are the ones with the most freedom.
Gist of Idea
The most valuable liberties to us need not be the ones with the most freedom
Source
Will Kymlicka (Contemporary Political Philosophy (1st edn) [1990], 2.4.a.iii)
Book Ref
Kymlicka,Will: 'Contemporary Political Philosophy (1st edn)' [OUP 1992], p.137
A Reaction
As I grow older I come more and more to think that freedom is overvalued. But have you tried the other thing? We complacently take huge freedoms for granted. Be passionate about fundamental freedoms, and relaxed about the rest.