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The right object of our wills, the thing which, did we know all the facts, we would truly desire, this is clearly that for which we would seek freedom.
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Harold J. Laski
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This quote reflects Laski's belief that true freedom is about pursuing what we would genuinely desire if fully informed.
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The essence of the persecuting position is always that the persecutor has hold of truth and that he would betray its service by allowing it to be questioned.
We grant it in religion to deny it in politics; we grant it in politics, to deny it in economic matters.
Each age makes some idol in its own image and sacrifices upon its altar the freedom of those who refuse it worship.
We grant toleration in one part of the field only to deny it in another.
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