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It is not necessarily good because it is accepted; it is not necessarily right because it is proposed.
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Harold J. Laski
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gutenberg.orgHarold J. Laski: “It is not necessarily good because it is accepted; it is not necessarily right because it is proposed.”
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Laski argues that acceptance of a proposal does not guarantee its goodness or correctness.
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