Freedom means having the freedom to fu*k up.

In response to NYC's transfat ban, via Reason:

Which reminds me of a comment I once heard another doctor make on CNN regarding smoking: "People who are making decisions for themselves don’t always come up with the right answer." In other words, freedom is all well and good, as long as people use it to make exactly the same choices I would make. This seems to be one of the main lessons taught in schools of public health.