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Harold J. Laski: “For equality, so regarded, seems, in the first place, to mean the organization of opportunities; and, in the second…”

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For equality, so regarded, seems, in the first place, to mean the organization of opportunities; and, in the second place, it means that no man’s opportunities are sacrificed, except on terms of social principle, to the claims of another.
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Harold J. Laski

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Laski outlines that equality involves organizing opportunities without sacrificing one individual's chances for another's benefit.

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