Harold J. Laski: “And the reason is the simple but vital one that creative energy is…”

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And the reason is the simple but vital one that creative energy is liberated only in the atmosphere of freedom.

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Laski emphasizes the importance of freedom for fostering creativity.

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The theorist of the Revolution is Locke; and it was his conscious effort to justify the innovations of 1688.

Yet that does not render useless, even for our own day, the kind of work Locke did.

He showed that government by discussion can be made to illuminate great principles.

From no accusation were its statesmen more anxious to be free than from that of a belief in democratic government.

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Harold J. Laski: “And the reason is the simple but vital one that creative energy is liberated only in the atmosphere of freedom.”