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Harold J. Laski: “For the rights of each of us depend upon the protective rampart of social organization.”

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For the rights of each of us depend upon the protective rampart of social organization.
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Harold J. Laski

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This statement underscores the importance of social organization in protecting individual rights within a community.

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