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It is just as strong, and no more, than the popular will to freedom.
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Harold J. Laski
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gutenberg.orgHarold J. Laski: “It is just as strong, and no more, than the popular will to freedom.”
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Laski states that the strength of a Bill of Rights is directly tied to the public's will to maintain freedom.
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We grant toleration in one part of the field only to deny it in another.
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