It might be thought that the libertarian, the person committed to the
"natural system of liberty" (in Adam Smith's phrase), almost by definition
holds the goal of liberty as his highest political end. But this is often not
true; for many libertarians, the desire for self-expression, or for bearing
witness to the truth of the excellence of liberty, frequently takes precedence
over the goal of the triumph of liberty in the real world. Yet surely,
as will be seen further below, the victory of liberty will never come to pass
unless the goal of victory in the real world takes precedence over more
esthetic and passive considerations.
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