「人間にとって、自ら行動する権利に次いで最も自然な特権は、仲間と力を合わせ、共に行動することである。結社の権利は、個人の自由の権利とほとんど同じくらい不可侵なのだ。」
"The most natural privilege of man, next to the right of acting for himself, is that of combining his exertions with those of his fellow-creatures, and of acting in common with them. I am therefore led to conclude that the right of association is almost as inalienable as the right of personal liberty."
出典: 『アメリカのデモクラシー』第1巻