What I take from it is that he wants to provide freedom in general, not of any particular person. If I have the freedom to take someone elses freedom away, the

What I take from it is that he wants to provide freedom in general, not of any particular person. If I have the freedom to take someone elses freedom away, then that is more freedom until I actually take someones freedom away. To use an extreme example, if we had the freedom to own slaves you could argue that there where more freedoms available to us. But if you actually want to protect freedom you don't allow people to own slaves.