Amplify the idea - liberty without bread is meaningless. (Around 800 words)
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The struggle between subjects and authority is a most conspicuous phenomena of world history. In olden times this con-test was between some classes of subjects and the government. By liberty was meant protection against the tyranny of the political rulers. The rulers were conceived, except in some cases, antagonistic to the people whom they ruled. They consisted of a governing individual who did not hold power at the pleasure of the governed and whose authority people did not consent to. Their power was regarded as necessary, but also highly dangerous as a weapon which they could use against their subjects. To prevent the weaker members of the community from being preyed upon by the unnumerable vultures, it was necessary that they should be an animal of prey stronger than the rest commissioned to keep them down. But as the king of the vultures was as much eager to prey on the flock as any of the other individuals, it became necessary to be in continuous posture of defence against his weapons of attack. The aim of the people today, mostly, is to set limits to the power which the rulers should be allowed to exercise over the com-munity, and this limitation is what is called liberty. This limitation is justified in many ways and, therefore, when liberty is licensed, it does not necessarily mean that dictatorship is near.
Usually liberty is licensed by providing a few immunities called political liberties or rights. According to John Stuart Mill, liberty can be licensed in two ways; first by obtaining a recognition of such immunities called political liberties or rights, which it was to be regarded as a breach of judgment in the rules of national and in-ternational law to infringe, and which if he did infringe, specific existence of general rebellion, was held to be justifiable. A second, and generally a later expedient, was the establishment of constitutional checks by which the consent of the community or of a body of some sort, supposed to represent its interests, was made a necessary condition to some of the more important acts of the governing power.
In recent centuries, in most of the countries, monarchies or other ruling powers have been compelled to submit to basic liberties and fundamental rights. Most of the constitutions that have been evolved during the last two centuries provide for fundamental rights for citizens which the ruler is supposed to respect.
During the 18th century, the democratic wind started blowing. Time came in the progress of human affairs when man ceased to think it a necessity of nature that their governor should be an in-dependent power, opposed in interest to themselves. It appeared to them much better that the various executive authorities of the state should be elected by them, and removable from office at their pleasure. In that way alone, it seemed, that people could have complete security, and the powers of government could be secured from being abused.