Quote from Lord Acton 

"By liberty I mean the assurance that every man shall be protected
in doing what he believes his duty against the influence of authority
and majorities, custom and opinion."

Quote by:
Lord Acton
[John Emerich Edward Dalberg Acton] (1834-1902), First Baron Acton of Aldenham
Source:
Lord Acton, in The History of Freedom in Antiquity (1877)
 
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