" this passage struck me as important. Our modern, virtually unqualified, enthusiasm for liberty forgets that liberty can only be "the space between the walls," the walls of morality and law based upon morality. It is sensible to argue about how far apart the walls should be set, but it is cultural suicide to demand all space and no walls.
You may or may not agree with the book and have your own interpretation of what liberalism is, but I think most people would agree with the statement above. The challenge is to clearly define those walls in your own mind and then resist compromise when their stability is threatened. Party affiliations like liberal, moderate or conservative shouldn't impact or compromise those definitions.
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