Which one of the following reflects the most appropriate relationship between law and liberty?
A
If there are more laws, there is less liberty.
B
If there are no laws, there is no liberty.
Correct Answer
C
If there is liberty, laws have to be made by the people.
D
If laws are changed too often, liberty is in danger.
Explanation
Option (B) is correct because laws provide the essential framework to protect individual rights from encroachment, as famously noted by John Locke: "where there is no law, there is no freedom." Option (A) is the most tempting distractor but is incorrect because it assumes all laws are inherently restrictive, whereas just laws actually create the conditions for liberty to exist by preventing anarchy. The core concept tested is the symbiotic relationship between law and liberty, where law acts as a guarantor rather than a mere inhibitor of freedom.
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