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But I do not think the denial of the right to strike obtains this end in any of them; and I do not believe that the same considerations apply to every sort of vital public service.
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Harold J. Laski
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gutenberg.orgHarold J. Laski: “But I do not think the denial of the right to strike obtains this end in any of them; and I do not believe that the same…”
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He believes that denying the right to strike does not effectively address the issues faced by vital public services.
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Each age finds that the incidence of freedom is significant at some special point, and there, once more, the lesson of freedom has to be learned.
We grant it in religion to deny it in politics; we grant it in politics, to deny it in economic matters.
The essence of the persecuting position is always that the persecutor has hold of truth and that he would betray its service by allowing it to be questioned.
Each age makes some idol in its own image and sacrifices upon its altar the freedom of those who refuse it worship.
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