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And we cannot, therefore, permit attack upon it because it represents ideas or experience alien from our own.
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Harold J. Laski
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gutenberg.orgHarold J. Laski: “And we cannot, therefore, permit attack upon it because it represents ideas or experience alien from our own.”
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He warns against attacking ideas that differ from our own, as they may hold value.
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