Many people confuse the concept and practice of freedom with those of license and anarchy.

These people fear that in a condition of freedom, the strong will prey upon the weak, and that the so-called "law of the jungle" will prevail.

The real point relates to control. Many people think that freedom is a condition in which human energy will be uncontrolled, that anyone will be able to do precisely as he or she pleases with or to anyone else, and regardless of the impact of his or her actions on others. This is simply not true.

As we pointed out previously, freedom means that each individual can do as he or she pleases with his or her own person and his or her own property, but the moment that he or she imposes upon the person or property of another individual, then he or she is not acting like a free man or woman.

Freedom cannot exist without the moral component of responsibility for self. The responsible person recognizes that he or she is wholly to credit or to blame for any decision or action that he or she engages in, and is ready, willing, and able to meet all costs arising as a consequence of any such decision or action.