{"title":"Sterling’s Truths for Life: liberty","aphorisms":[{"key":"11","truth":"Hard times create strong men, strong men create good times, good times create weak men, weak men create hard times.","explanation":"<p>Read history.</p>\n","tags":["liberty","politics","humanity"]},{"explanation":"<p>The point of this is not that someone should use their freedom to do something\nstupid, but that your measure of stupidity need not be absolute. Just because\nyou think something is stupid or offensive doesn’t mean that everyone should.</p>\n","ht":"American Core Belief","truth":"Liberty is not liberty unless you are free to do things that are unpopular, stupid, and offensive to others.","key":"53","tags":["America","liberty"]},{"truth":"There is a difference between liberty and license.","explanation":"<p>Just because you can does not mean you should.</p>\n","key":"68","tags":["liberty","morality"]},{"tags":["morality","liberty"],"explanation":"<p>We have way, way too many rules in this country. It is un-American how many\nrules we have.</p>\n","truth":"Just because an action is wrong does not mean there should be a law against.","key":"77"},{"key":"81","explanation":"<p>No explanation required.</p>\n","ht":"Ferris’ Bueller’s Day Off","truth":"Don’t make me participate in your stupid crap if you don’t like the way I do it.","tags":["humor","movies","liberty"]}],"list":"tag-liberty"}