It was Ben Franklin's opinion....it's neither true nor false. You either agree with it or not. I happen to agree with it.
I don't worry about "absolute freedom" as the concept is more nebulous than fiction. It's not a fiction that individuals should decide for themselves what they believe is in their best interest...It is their most basic freedom. Because too few people appreciate that as a principle they allow that freedom to be encroached.
Safe to say you and I just don't agree that the freedom to decide your interests as long as they don't directly or proximately violate the rights of others is most paramount.
But our government relies on manipulating people who think like you (my original point) for their support in implementing freedom robbing laws.
My point was that there are in fact very few things you can do which don't affect others.Perhaps more in my case than yours as we have 60 million people packed into a small island.