Noun
one's freedom to exercise one's rights as guaranteed under the laws of the country
Source: WordNetThe world must be made safe for democracy. Its peace must be planted upon the tested foundations of political liberty. Woodrow Wilson
He who confuses political liberty with freedom and political equality with similarity has never thought for five minutes about either. George Bernard Shaw
Not even when the political freedom of a nation is at stake should the Christian militant make use of an unchristian weapon. The following of Jesus Christ is infinitely more important than the maintenance of political liberty at the expense of his principles. Kirby Page
Individuality is the aim of political liberty. By leaving to the citizen as much freedom of action and of being as comports with order and the rights of others, the institutions render him truly a freeman. He is left to pursue his means of happiness in his own manner. James Fenimore Cooper
The social democracy of Germany must fulfill the role of champions of political freedom. The task of uniting the struggle for economic independence with that for political liberty has fallen upon the German laboring class. Wilhelm Liebknecht
The American of today, in fact, probably enjoys less personal liberty than any other man of Christendom, and even his political liberty is fast succumbing to the new dogma that certain theories of government are virtuous and lawful, and others abhorrent and felonious. H. L. Mencken