On 27 November, the FRANKFURTER ALLGEMEINE ZEITUNG discussed a poll conducted by the renowned Allensbach Institute for Public Opinion Research. I hold the Institute in the highest esteem, not least because I was personally acquainted with its founder, Elisabeth Noelle-Neumann, and learned a lot from her. A key issue on which Allensbach polls have focused, and continue to focus, is the appreciation of liberty among Germans. Sad to say, there has been a manifest trend for some years now to champion equality over liberty.