Harold J. Laski: “Most people can see that Nero and Diocletian accomplished nothing by…”

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Most people can see that Nero and Diocletian accomplished nothing by their persecution of Christianity.

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Laski uses historical examples to illustrate the futility of persecuting differing beliefs.

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The theorist of the Revolution is Locke; and it was his conscious effort to justify the innovations of 1688.

Yet that does not render useless, even for our own day, the kind of work Locke did.

It is an attempt to give each man as similar a chance as possible to utilize what powers he may possess.

Even Lincoln supported his generals in completely indefensible attacks on civilian rights.

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Harold J. Laski: “Most people can see that Nero and Diocletian accomplished nothing by their persecution of Christianity.”