Harold J. Laski: “Liberty, it argues, is not a mere negative thing like absence of…”

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Liberty, it argues, is not a mere negative thing like absence of restraint.

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Harold J. Laski

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Laski asserts that liberty should not be viewed merely as the absence of restraint, but as something more substantial.

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I can see no justice in such a denial of freedom.

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

Its eldest child is charity, and without it there can be no honesty of opinion.

The more equality there is in a State, the more use, in general, we can make of our freedom.

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Harold J. Laski: “Liberty, it argues, is not a mere negative thing like absence of restraint.”