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Harold J. Laski: “We know that if his Church issues an order to him of which he disapproves, he can leave his church; so, too, with all…”

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We know that if his Church issues an order to him of which he disapproves, he can leave his church; so, too, with all other bodies save the state.
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Harold J. Laski

Editor's note · Context

Laski illustrates the difference between leaving voluntary associations and the inescapability of state membership.

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