Why Do We Have Liberty?

Liberty is defined as the state of being free within society from oppressive restriction imposed by authority on one’s way of life, behavior, or political views, but what does it mean to have liberty? Most importantly, how does having liberty affect your day-to-day life, and is it really worth having in the long run?
As stated before, liberty is the state of being free within society from oppressive restriction imposed by authority on one’s way of life, behavior, or political views, but I don’t believe this definition gives the word complete justice. Liberty, in my opinion, means that you don’t have to worry day-in and day-out about someone taking away your passion in life. You don’t have to search for the freedom to do something because you already have it. Although no one throughout the course of their life will have the absolute liberty to do something, it is still a privilege to even have an ounce of liberty.
I believe that liberty is a concept constructed from the human mind. If you think about the animal kingdom for example, there are no laws controlling the animals, so they basically have absolute freedom. Though, there is a natural order about things, animals don’t have anything authorizing them to act the way they do, neither law or morals, so we learn that without authority, liberty does not exist, thus making liberty a concept of the human mind. To further my explanation, if human society didn’t have a form of government, we would all theoretically be free to do anything. Since there is no law holding back anyone, then there is no sense of liberty to be