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The State, in fact, may respect conscience, but Hoadly is no more entitled to assume the infallibility of private belief than he is to deny the infallibility of the Church's teaching.
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Harold J. Laski
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Laski argues that while the State may respect individual conscience, it cannot assume the infallibility of personal beliefs.
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