Freedom
"... You see, I believe in freedom, Mr. Lipwig. Not many people do, although they will, of course, protest otherwise. And no practical definition of freedom would be completley without the freedom to take the consequences. Indeed it is the freedom upon which all the others are based." - Lord Vetinari in Going Postal by Terry Pratchett
Mr. Lipwig was given the choice of death or working for Lord Vetinari, and while the example is dramatic I concur that rights and freedoms cannot be had without the corresponding duties and consequences. The is no such thing as a consequence free choice and no right is granted without someone having to pay a price for it.
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