Harold J. Laski: “But nothing is more certain in the history of political philosophy…”

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But nothing is more certain in the history of political philosophy than that the problem of freedom changes with each age.

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Harold J. Laski

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Laski asserts that the concept of freedom evolves with each generation, reflecting changing societal values.

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From no accusation were its statesmen more anxious to be free than from that of a belief in democratic government.

How could it seek security where it defied the desires of the vast majority of its subjects?

When I obey the state, I obey the best part of myself.

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

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Harold J. Laski: “But nothing is more certain in the history of political philosophy than that the problem of freedom changes with each…”