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Liberty, it argues, is not a mere negative thing like absence of restraint.
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Harold J. Laski
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gutenberg.orgHarold J. Laski: “Liberty, it argues, is not a mere negative thing like absence of restraint.”
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Laski asserts that liberty should not be viewed merely as the absence of restraint, but as something more substantial.
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