What is real liberty

I have told many people since starting this campaign, that I do not have many answers but I do have lots of questions. This weekend while gathered with some like minded friends the discussion arose about liberty and what it is. We all have our own ideas and opinions about what liberty is but based on this conversion I think that many of us will miss the mark when giving our definitions on this concept of liberty. Most of my life I have been told by people that this is a free country, and it has only been in the past few years that I have begun to disagree with this statement, We are in no way a free country. Now I know that I have already got some of you reading this upset but please read on. For our country to be in a state of liberty many things are going to have to change. The way we look at law and regulation and the way that we interact with people are going to be the areas where we change the most. Now days people want more laws because they think that this is the way to keep things on an even keel. But ask yourself do laws stop crime,if they did we would have the most crime free country in the world. So based on this how much law do we need. Is it possible to live under just basic law like the ten commandants and the golden rule or do we need to go deeper in to the police state and regulate even more that we do now. This is my question to all of you reading this what does liberty mean to you. Please respond as I really want to know if anyone out there wants to make the journey to a place where Big Brother does not exist.