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The special place of the state in the great society does not, in my judgment, give it an unlimited right to effect that co-ordination which is its function on any terms it pleases.
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Harold J. Laski
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gutenberg.orgHarold J. Laski: “The special place of the state in the great society does not, in my judgment, give it an unlimited right to effect that…”
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He argues that the state's role in society is not absolute and must be guided by principles.
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Each age makes some idol in its own image and sacrifices upon its altar the freedom of those who refuse it worship.
Ultimately, that denial is always made upon the same ground: it is insisted that the doctrines or practices attacked are subversive of the civil order.
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.
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