The Institute of Public Affairs is the voice of freedom in our country, so its latest annual report says. Over and over again, the word is repeated, like a mantra – freedom. On one particularly busy page, it appears 16 times. Freedom of speech, freedom of religion, freedom of association. Freedom to own private property. Freedom that is the legacy of Western civilisation. Freedom that is under threat from overbearing government. Freedom that can only flourish when humans “have the dignity to make their own decisions”.