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It can never be too greatly emphasized that in each age the substance of liberty will be found in what the dominating forces of that age most greatly want.
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Harold J. Laski
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This quote highlights the idea that the essence of liberty is shaped by the prevailing desires of each historical era.
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The charge that he supported the Revolution in America and deserted it in France is without meaning; for in the one there is no word that can honorably be twisted to support the other.
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He showed that government by discussion can be made to illuminate great principles.
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