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We do not legislate for some conceivable Utopia to be born in some unimaginable time, but for the kind of world we know ourselves, for lives like our own lives.
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Harold J. Laski
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gutenberg.orgHarold J. Laski: “We do not legislate for some conceivable Utopia to be born in some unimaginable time, but for the kind of world we know…”
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Laski argues that legislation should reflect the realities of the world we live in, not an idealized future.
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