Civilization, in fact, depends upon the performance of actions defined in preconceived channels; and if we obeyed those novel impulses of right which seem, at times, to contradict our inheritance, we should disturb beyond repair the intricate equilibrium of countless ages.
Laski warns that following novel impulses can disrupt the balance of societal norms built over time.
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The case for the view that freedom of thought and speech is a good in itself is fairly easy to make.
The contract is thus not general as with Hobbes but limited and specific in character.
He realized that freedom is born of a certain spontaneity for which the rigid lines of doctrinaire thinkers left no room.
Its eldest child is charity, and without it there can be no honesty of opinion.
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