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>>Freedom could only be exercised to its greatest degree in a community of individuals who had obligations and responsibilities to one and other as well as a correct moral code.

U.S. Constitution
14th Amendment
1st section All persons born or naturalized
Two requirements of a Citizen 1) a person must be born or naturalized in the United States 2) A citizen is "subject to the jurisdiction thereof" - a citizen is obligated to the laws of his/her civil society.

1780 Massachusetts Constitution, "The body Politic is formed by a voluntary association of individuals, it is a social compact by which the whole people covenants with each citizen and each citizen covenants with the whole people that all shall be governed by certain laws for the common good." https://www.nhinet.org/ma-1780-mob.htm

Each person has to agree to be part of the society but the consent also has to work in the other direction, the rest of the people in that society have to consent to take on the other person as a member of that society. If you don't have that mutual consent it is not a Relationship of Equals. If you don't have that mutual consent then it opens up the possibility that one party to the contract can simply impose his will on other parties to the contract. - Kevin Portteus, Professor of Politics Hillsdale College

Character of Citizens
Republican government (self-government) requires a particular kind of citizen, a citizen who can self-govern and one who is mostly good. - Kevin Portteus, Professor of Politics Hillsdale College