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He saw that here, as in America, no man will be argued into slavery.
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Harold J. Laski
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gutenberg.orgHarold J. Laski: “He saw that here, as in America, no man will be argued into slavery.”
Editor's note · Context
Laski asserts that no one can be convinced to accept slavery through argument, highlighting the resilience of human spirit.
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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.
To deny novelty or grievance a right of expression is a certain, if, indeed, an ultimate, validation of the truth they contain.
Ultimately, that denial is always made upon the same ground: it is insisted that the doctrines or practices attacked are subversive of the civil order.
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