Quote Originally Posted by maladroit
if we're judging countries by their slogans, what is the differentce between freedom and liberty?

canada's slogan is peace, order, and good government...we don't have any freedom or liberty!
Those words represent their emancipation, The American Revolution and French Revolution which occurred only decades apart.

However the last two words of the French slogan, equality and fraternity, describe socialism to a tee. It's a brotherhood and everyone is to be equal and part of their application of wealth distribution.

While America "life and pursuit of happiness" represent economic freedom and self-interest, which pretty much reflects on the society today. Those words are still representative of it's meaning over 200 years later.