Liberty and Equality. Our democratic republic was founded on these two principles. Yet even before and ever since, individuals have posed this perennial question: "Are liberty and equality consistent one with the other, or are they in conflict?" (Milton and Rose Friedman, "Free To Choose," 1980). Like two sides of the same coin, these two principles are not only consistent with each other, they are inseparable. For who can truly be free if she is not recognized as an equal among her peers?...