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The movement for religious toleration is not only paralleled in the next century by the movement for economic freedom, but is itself in a real sense the parent of the latter.
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Harold J. Laski
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gutenberg.orgHarold J. Laski: “The movement for religious toleration is not only paralleled in the next century by the movement for economic freedom…”
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This quote links the movements for religious toleration and economic freedom, suggesting a foundational relationship.
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We grant it in religion to deny it in politics; we grant it in politics, to deny it in economic matters.
To deny novelty or grievance a right of expression is a certain, if, indeed, an ultimate, validation of the truth they contain.
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.
When attacks on liberty are political or economic, it is their motive rather than their nature that changes.
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