The most important of these is the protection of private property, a subject that has concerned liberals since the ideology's inception. Private property, whether land, objects, money or one's own body, can only be protected from external interference with the help of a coercive state. A classic liberal view of liberty is the right to do as one pleases with one's private property. Indeed, Locke went so far as to say that "where there is no law, there is no liberty", because without the rule of law, the security of our property cannot be guarantee. According to liberals, maintaining law and order requires a state because people are naturally self-interested and, if they could, would seek to exploit each other for personal gain. It is this function that liberals, whether classical or modern, often designate as the most fundamental of a State. In fact, many believe that other “rights” are simply extensions of the right to private property. For example, many of today's Liberals, such as Lib Dem MP Baroness Brinton and Care Minister MP Norman Lamb, defend the "right to die" on the basis that we own our own our own lives and that we should therefore be able to choose what to do. to do with them, leading them to support Lord Falconer's assisted dying bill. Likewise, rights linked to a democratic process or