Harold J. Laski: “The conditions of freedom are then those which assure the absence of…”

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The conditions of freedom are then those which assure the absence of such invasion.

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Harold J. Laski

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Laski concludes that true freedom is characterized by the absence of personal invasion by authority.

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Yet such defects must not blind us to the general rightness of their insight.

What is needed is a patriot king who will destroy corruption and awaken the spirit of liberty.

We do not build Utopias; and the attempt to discover the eternal principles of political right invites disaster at the outset.

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

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Harold J. Laski: “The conditions of freedom are then those which assure the absence of such invasion.”